# Space X Launch Today--Return to Space **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [May 27, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556 "2020-05-27T17:50:50Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 4
### Author: ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/61 "2020-05-30T18:56:29Z")
Alright, I’m an overweight middle aged guy, but I’m fucking ready for astronaut training now! Go, go, go! ---
### Author: ![Alex\_from\_CB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Alex\_from\_CB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_from_CB) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/62 "2020-05-30T18:56:51Z")
The space craft, The Dragon, is large. Not like those small capsules used during Mercury and Gemini. Dragon is over 20 feet high and can carry 7 astronauts and hundreds or more pounds of cargo. ---
### Author: ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/63 "2020-05-30T18:57:16Z")
This official ISS docking simulator uses the same interface that the astronauts use. [https://iss-sim.spacex.com/](https://iss-sim.spacex.com/) So far I’ve floated off into space three times. Third time I was so close but bounced off the door. Bah. ---
### Author: ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/64 "2020-05-30T19:01:27Z")
> [@Alex\_from\_CB](#): > > The space craft, The Dragon, is large. Not like those small capsules used during Mercury and Gemini. Dragon is over 20 feet high and can carry 7 astronauts and hundreds or more pounds of cargo. The literature says that there are 4 seats. You are saying it could be fitted with three more? ---
### Author: ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/65 "2020-05-30T19:04:33Z")
Looks like the weather’s gonna hold. Exciting!! ---
### Author: ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/66 "2020-05-30T19:07:20Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Looks like the weather’s gonna hold. Exciting!! All go! Go! ---
### Author: ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/67 "2020-05-30T19:08:30Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > The literature says that there are 4 seats. You are saying it could be fitted with three more? Yes; the original prototype [showed seven seats](https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasakennedy/14206474360/in/photostream/). I think they may have sacrificed some crew space for cargo, but in any case there is sufficient internal volume (unlike Soyuz where even three was a very tight fit). ---
### Author: ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/68 "2020-05-30T19:08:51Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Looks like the weather’s gonna hold. Exciting!! Also exciting to be watching with the rest of the world. Science rules! (Tempted to write Science Rulz, but I just can’t.) ---
### Author: ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/69 "2020-05-30T19:11:33Z")
Yeah looks good right now! ---
### Author: ![Alex\_from\_CB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Alex\_from\_CB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_from_CB) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/70 "2020-05-30T19:14:00Z")
Fix your little (weather) problem and light this candle. ---
### Author: ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/71 "2020-05-30T19:22:09Z")
Seconds away! ---
### Author: ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/72 "2020-05-30T19:26:10Z")
Woot! 1st stage away okay! ---
### Author: ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/73 "2020-05-30T19:30:58Z")
This stuff never fails to impress. ---
### Author: ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/74 "2020-05-30T19:33:19Z")
Falcon 9 is back down! ---
### Author: ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/75 "2020-05-30T19:34:59Z")
Nominal orbital insertion. ---
### Author: ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/76 "2020-05-30T19:35:53Z")
Dragon is solo! ---
### Author: ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/77 "2020-05-30T19:39:05Z")
Nice launch all the way! ---
### Author: ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/78 "2020-05-30T19:42:15Z")
All right, a fine launch there! ---
### Author: ![Alex\_from\_CB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Alex\_from\_CB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_from_CB) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/79 "2020-05-30T19:42:18Z")
Bet Doug and Bob could use a Molsons about now. Hosers. ---
### Author: ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner) #### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556/80 "2020-05-30T19:46:06Z")
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