SpaceX could write history today, if the Crew Demo-2 try #2 launch will commence

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/27/2020 06:48 PM | source: | 33 comment(s)

Slightly off-topic, but I guess everybody that likes computer hardware also is at least interested or fascinated by spaceflight. Something fairly unique is happening later today, SpaceX in collaboration with NASA will launch a manned crew into space with astronauts Robert Behnke and Doug Hurley.

To date, it has been nearly forty years ago that NASA started with the Space Shuttle project. Meanwhile, of course, there was China with its Shenzhou capsule and .. the very reliable Russian Soyuz which has been used for the past nine years to bring crew from and towards the Internation Space Station, that after the Space Shuttle was phased out. Today it's SpaceX's maiden voyage in terms of their first crewed flight with its Crew Dragon capsule, a commercial enterprise from founder Elon Musk (Tesla). I decided to embed the flight takeoff, hopefully, it'll go well without any issues and delays due to weather.

You can watch the Livestream below the launch (if all goes as planned) is at 3:22 p.m. EDT, or 19:22 UTC, with a backup instantaneous launch opportunity available on Sunday, May 31 at 3:00 p.m. EDT, or 19:00 UTC

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Fox2232
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#5793868 Posted on: 05/29/2020 05:13 PM

Science is never set in stone. It is constantly evolving and working towards truth, it shouldn't be political.

Well, maybe in 50 years, oceans will not be considered as source of around 70% of oxygen. Maybe it will be just 5%. But looking back, it will still agree that around 70% of oxygen has been coming from ocean before we killed it off.

As far as science goes, it is pretty sure that our current temperature is rather cool in comparison to naturally occurring temperatures in last few(dozen/hundreds/...) millions years.

@Size_Mick should be thinking about lovely green Africa which turned largely into desert and emphasize human influence on given events. (Hint: close to 0.)
Our planet has cycles. And catastrophic events that can change global climate drastically over course of few following years after they happen.

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#5794261 Posted on: 05/30/2020 08:20 PM

Well, maybe in 50 years, oceans will not be considered as source of around 70% of oxygen. Maybe it will be just 5%. But looking back, it will still agree that around 70% of oxygen has been coming from ocean before we killed it off.

As far as science goes, it is pretty sure that our current temperature is rather cool in comparison to naturally occurring temperatures in last few(dozen/hundreds/...) millions years.

@Size_Mick should be thinking about lovely green Africa which turned largely into desert and emphasize human influence on given events. (Hint: close to 0.)
Our planet has cycles. And catastrophic events that can change global climate drastically over course of few following years after they happen.

Don't know if this is true but current lifeforms have adapted to these temperatures so chances are not exactly optimal.

Texter
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