I’ll know I’ll be following it 🚀

0 hour is at 16:33 tomorrow with live broadcast beginning at 45 minutes prior

Got it on my calendar.

in.

watched a special last night on spaceX, was pretty cool and informative too.
landing the 1st stage on the barges still has me wondering how the heck?

Hop

The only thing I see holding it up is the spotty storms forecasted, this is where you’re needed I think

It's about time the USA went back to space.

Sure I will watch if I remember it

The capsule is so neat and clean. Very strange.

it wouldn't dare!

Should they rub some dirt on it?

60% a go for tomorrow....9 years is too long...piggy back with Russia no more...pray that our men get back safe......

Me

Anyone know where to watch? Major network or streaming?

I will be

Yes I will!

Those guys are brave indeed since this is a first of its kind. Hope it goes well. Don't really see what it is accomplishing other than it is potential for private space travel.

That's 16:33 EDT so 15:33 Texas time.

The launch, when it happens, will be live streamed. Check here: SpaceX Launch Live Stream

The launch is called DEMO-2 so make sure to click the link to watch the Demo 2 launch when you land on the SpaceX page.

CNN and other networks will show updates but it's likely best to watch the SpaceX or NASA stream. SpaceX is currently showing their live stream to begin at 11:15 am central. Launch is currently scheduled for 3:33 pm Central.

I hope it goes well but heavy weather is forecasted during the launch window today. Same for this weekend on the next two backup launch dates. I'll be turned in for sure.

Godspeed~

Blue Moon

Going to try and watch it.

Live stream is up. or click on SpaceX - NASA DEMO2 launch

Science is an incredible thing. Wish more people understood and respected it.

Just the way my brain thinks (or doesn't think as the case may be), but I have never understood why. I mean it is cool and all, but think about all of the $$ that were spent toward putting a man on the moon and I think to myself - What impact has that had? Again, I think it is cool, and the guys that have gone up there have certainly been impacted (I got to spend an evening visiting with Charlie Duke about walking on the moon), but I never got it. Too much of a concrete mind.

Well first and foremost it's a stepping stone to getting a second colony of humans off this planet and either on the moon or Mars. Once we become a multi-planet species our odds of extinction go down dramatically. 99% of the animals to ever walk this earth have gone extinct.

Secondly the list of technologies that came out of NASA is a country mile long. Here's a good place to start:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_spinoff_technologies

Guess I'm not in to the multi-planet species thing. Spending a lot of time growing up in SW KS, NE NM, and SW CO made me think there is still a lot of room on this planet.

I don't deny the great things that NASA has done - great inventions, processes, etc. And maybe those would never have happened without the idea of space travel (seems to me they would have, but maybe not). Plus - moon rocks themselves (density wise) are pretty cool.

Oh there's still room on earth, but there's a long list of things that could destroy life on this planet. A massive asteroid impact, nuclear war, global pandemic, super volcano, massive solar flare, near by super nova etc... So in my opinion it's good to be on multiple planets.

We gotta find the aliens before they find us... if they havent already!

1 hour 15 min. to go.

Yes, that is correct

1hr. 12 minutes to go

T- 00:53:00

When SpaceX launches satellites, they can wait until last minute to make a weather go/no go, but with the crew on board, they will make a final go/no decision at T-45 minutes mark. Here is some data on how they make the weather go/no go decision.

Dragon Crew Weather Go-No Go Decision

NASA SpaceX Falcon9 Weather Criteria

That money isn't shot into space. There's hundreds and thousands of people employed by this process. There's not just the technological breakthroughs that come from answering questions like this, but military advantages (satellite photos of enemy countries just to name one), there's pushing boundaries of what we know, learning new things. Investing in space means we push the boundaries of what is possible and learn new things along the way.

I was humming the Star Trek theme while reading that, pretty cool

It's a go for fuel load.

36 min.....

T- 00:17:05

Launch Abort has started

just stopped the launch

Annndddddd...scrubbed it. Bummer.

Scrubbed due to weather.

Launch scrubbed today...may 30 next launch date....

Damn weather. Maybe Saturday.

dangit.

I'll tune back in on Saturday. That live stream was WAY BETTER than network coverage.

Did anyone mention that the mission was scrubbed ?

Crew on board is a factor but another factor is the destination. Launching a satellite has more flexibility because it doesnt have a moving target it is aiming for, it's just going into orbit. This launch time was precisely calculated and planned based on the ISS orbit.

Is it just me, or do the suits look ridiculous?

Well, when does the space station fly over again?

Yes it's just you. They are very futuristic along with the Falcon 9 rocket and the Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Remember, he likes ATT

It's ghey

What a bunch of Karens. This rocket ship is going to hit speeds so fast the stars it flies by look like just streaks of light but a few clouds float by and they wimp out. Are they afraid the fire that shoots out the back of this thing will Just go out if it gets wet? It’s not a Roman candle, it’s a freaking rocket ship. What if it’s cloudy when they try to land, are they just going to fly around the world looking for places where they can see the ground from the window? I think they are just milking it so they can get better weekend ratings and the pictures will be able to be taken of it for higher than the first 2000 feet of fight? How about this, float up a hot air ballon with cameras on it so they can take pictures of the rocket ship as it bursts throw the tops of the clouds when it comes screaming by? I hate astronomy for this very reason. They always say you can see shooting stars at a certain time, but they are never there when you get up at 3:00 to go see them. I’m starting to believe we never went the moon. They had clouds back then to.

I think the suits look cool, modern and sleek and obviously functional, it's 2020 and the space program mirrors that, it's called the dragon now, dragons in space cannot be questioned, of course I'm not an old either

Your hair is gray so...

Yeah man, I agree - they look cool. The inside of that crew capsule is pretty sweet, too. All nice and clean, without a bunch of exposed wires and hoses and junk. It all looks like something out of a movie. I dig the aesthetic of the whole deal.

I always wondered what audience Star Trek was catering to when Captain Kirk ended up shirtless in every episode. Now I know.

Star Trek sux, Star Wars where it at

I'm old school military. Cool wasn't an option.

Nah...old school will always be cool.

Still, though, that nice futuristic look is pretty tight I think.

Old is cool too, times have changed my man

Well hopefully I will be able to tune in Saturday!

Now I can get behind that! Think Barrett is working on an intergalactic sniper rifle? Sign me up.