Dragon launches

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May 30, 2020

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The amazing technology displayed in the SpaceX launch pales when compared to the true wonder beyond imagination that is observed within the biological systems.jawa_{May 31, 2020
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It's a spectacular achievement and I also marvel at the ability to return the first stage to a pinpoint landing on the recovery ship at sea.Seversky_{May 31, 2020
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Kf, You have mail. ESEugeneS_{May 31, 2020
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There is a reason why there are sayings about rocket science.kairosfocus_{May 31, 2020
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SpaceX also successfully landed its first stage booster from the Falcon 9 used today – which means it will recover the first private spacecraft booster that has ever delivered human astronauts to space. NASA created the Commercial Crew space program to spur the development of private launch vehicles that would also be able to serve commercial customers in addition to the agency, in order to defray the cost of launch overall. Both SpaceX and Boeing ended up placing winning bids on the Commercial Crew contracts, and have subsequently developed human launch systems, though SpaceX is the first to actually fly people on their vehicle after Boeing encountered some unexpected issues in their last uncrewed demonstration flight. https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/30/spacex-makes-history-with-successful-first-human-space-launch/jawa_{May 30, 2020
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There have been two great betrayals of NASA, if you do not count the bureaucrats that are trying to slow walk landing on the moon. Nixon killed the Apollo program in favor of shuttles and Obama killed the shuttle program so we could pay the Russian government $80,000,000 per astronaut per launch. It has been almost ten years since we launched American astronauts in American rockets. This current rocket costs $50,000,000 per astronaut, which saves us $30,000,000.BobRyan_{May 30, 2020
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I am hoping for a safe mission and return.kairosfocus_{May 30, 2020
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I was hoping to see the booster land---that's the most impressive part to me. Still nice to have astronauts going up in "our" rockets.daveS_{May 30, 2020
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Dragon launcheskairosfocus_{May 30, 2020
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