SpaceX's Demo-2 Launch - with NASA astronauts

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Everything you need to know about SpaceX’s historic Demo-2 launch, its first with NASA astronauts

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/26/spacex-demo-2-nasa-astronaut-launch-everything-you-need-to-know.html

SpaceX is set for its most important milestone, a launch that may well define the future of the U.S. space program.

Elon Musk’s company plans to launch two NASA astronauts on Wednesday — the first crewed mission in SpaceX history. The mission, called Demo-2, is technically the final test flight of the company’s spacecraft. Regardless of the nature of the mission, Demo-2 will be the first launch of NASA astronauts from the U.S. since 2011.

“This is a new generation, a new era in spaceflight,” NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said.

Ever since the Space Shuttle retired nearly a decade ago, the U.S. has paid Russia upwards of $80 million per seat to fly NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. But NASA awarded SpaceX and Boeing with contracts worth $3.1 billion and $4.8 billion, respectively, to develop new spacecraft under a program called Commercial Crew. For SpaceX, the Demo-2 launch represents the final flight test of its Crew Dragon capsule, built to carry as many as seven people to orbit.

“We need to have the capability of accessing space — not just for NASA, but for all of humanity,” Bridenstine said.
 

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A few butterflies in the stomach since it's been so long since the U.S. has done it.
 

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Just activated go.discovery on my shop Firestick.

Is it on schedule to GO? 4:23

poopy Florida weather
 
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hope this goes better than the Tesla with the unbreakable windows.
 
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Weather sounds like it will postpone the launch - likely until the 30th...
 
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Close to T minus 30 minutes...

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Exciting stuff. I'm amazed how they get some of this video such as separation of stages and burns.
 

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