Elon Ready To Light That Candle

[WillPower]

What to know in specifics is already here in another thread...they're waiting out the weather. President Trump is supposedly there but that won't influence Musk to launch in an electrical storm....NASA maybe but not Musk. I believe it will go as planned but I always get a knot in my gut thinking about those men sitting on top of a rocket headed out of our atmosphere. Elon says if it goes well, it's to SpaceX's credit...if all goes wrong, he says since he's the lead engineer, it's on him.

SpaceX, NASA closely monitoring weather prior to historic astronaut launch

SpaceX and NASA are closely monitoring the weather ahead of the historic launch of the Demo-2 mission, which is scheduled for 4:33 p.m. EDT Wednesday.

www.foxnews.com

 

[MarathonMike]

This is so great! Let's hope the weather clears and it's a go.

 

[WillPower]

This is so great! Let's hope the weather clears and it's a go.

I can still see them fishing Alan Shepard out of the ocean on that first ride....seems like yesterday.

 

[toobfreak]

What to know in specifics is already here in another thread...they're waiting out the weather. President Trump is supposedly there but that won't influence Musk to launch in an electrical storm....NASA maybe but not Musk. I believe it will go as planned but I always get a knot in my gut thinking about those men sitting on top of a rocket headed out of our atmosphere. Elon says if it goes well, it's to SpaceX's credit...if all goes wrong, he says since he's the lead engineer, it's on him.

SpaceX, NASA closely monitoring weather prior to historic astronaut launch

SpaceX and NASA are closely monitoring the weather ahead of the historic launch of the Demo-2 mission, which is scheduled for 4:33 p.m. EDT Wednesday.

www.foxnews.com

About an hour to go. THe lauch depends on weather over a far wider region than just locally. They also have to consider where these guys would land if something went wrong and they had to abort.

 

[WillPower]

About an hour to go. THe lauch depends on weather over a far wider region than just locally. They also have to consider where these guys would land if something went wrong and they had to abort.

Everything is timed to the minute so they don't fly by the space station. I've always thought space exploration was a waste of time but with our enemies and their satellite killers, we have no choice. Using the Moon to launch to Mars is so cool....I wonder if they'll stay in a Trump hotel there?

 

[depotoo]

Live

SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

www.spacex.com

 

[depotoo]

T-36 minutes

 

[depotoo]

No launch today

 

[AquaAthena]

Scrubbed! Tornado threats. Rescheduled for Saturday.

 

[WillPower]

That's okay...more people can see it go on Saturday....win/win.

 

[Deleted member 73486]

BIGGEST WASTE OF MONEY EVER! We have so many problems on this planet that need to be solved before we can think about going anywhere else in the universe!

 

[wamose]

I think it's great to have a wizard like Elon doing his thing in our country. We could use a couple dozen more like him

 

[WillPower]

I think it's great to have a wizard like Elon doing his thing in our country. We could use a couple dozen more like him

Imagine if he and his brother hadn't left S. Africa before the blacks started slaughtering whites and stealing their farms? He's said he had no interest in military service there and it's easy to see why. Without him we wouldn't have PayPal, Tesla roadsters, or a space program.