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		NASA is letting people watch the Space X Dragon spacecraft make its return trip back to Earth live (nasa.gov)		48
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Snarfangel		2012-10-28 08:18:19 AM

I'm relieved that NASA isn't killing anyone.

INeedAName		2012-10-28 08:24:03 AM

Eventually will serve the same roll as the FAA and ATC.

INeedAName		2012-10-28 08:24:43 AM

role...

/its early
//on purpose

Dwight_Yeast		2012-10-28 08:26:50 AM

Headline makes my head hurt.

Cpl.D		2012-10-28 08:26:54 AM

INeedAName: role...

/its early
//on purpose

Too much morning and not enough coffee?

kendelrio		2012-10-28 08:28:11 AM

INeedAName: Eventually will serve the same roll as the FAA and ATC.

That's actually a concept I hadn't considered..... Very cool!

"This is Moon Flight 523 requesting vector for landing... What pad NASA?"
"Uhhhhh 101 you are cleared for Canaveral. Winds out of the North at 5 knots and cieling is 20 miles on approach.

/very cool

A Shambling Mound		2012-10-28 08:32:00 AM

We're not in the past anymore, Elaine. This... is the FUTURE.

lewismarktwo		2012-10-28 08:36:03 AM

Video stream not found. Guess NASA won't let me watch.

Mekoryuk		2012-10-28 08:38:12 AM

Pretty damn neat seeing the monitor on that guy's desk in the NASA control room. It's a live feed of someone peeking out at Dragon through a window on the ISS.

LDM90		2012-10-28 08:50:43 AM

lewismarktwo: Video stream not found. Guess NASA won't let me watch.

Steve Jobs won't let me watch. And he's been dead a year!

Baron Harkonnen		2012-10-28 08:53:59 AM

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is the first unmanned return of a supply capsule ever. I thought the Russian Progress had that capability, but apparently not.

Buggar		2012-10-28 09:01:27 AM

Is that a magic 8 ball?

TV's Vinnie		2012-10-28 09:28:35 AM

Baron Harkonnen: Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is the first unmanned return of a supply capsule ever. I thought the Russian Progress had that capability, but apparently not.

Nope. The first Dragon to reach the ISS also made a reentry.

msnbcmedia.msn.com

Kind of interesting how the Dragon is a fusion of both the Apollo AND the Soyuz in design. Pret-ty sneaky, Sis!

crab66		2012-10-28 09:28:44 AM

Someone left the turn signal on.

Yaxe		2012-10-28 09:30:25 AM

Ok, Dragon is coming out.

KungFuJunkie		2012-10-28 09:32:42 AM

Thar she goes

crab66		2012-10-28 09:33:56 AM

....the thunderstorms are awesome.

Kurohone		2012-10-28 09:35:07 AM

Just showed my son, trying to get him excited about, 'hey, that's a _real_ spaceship, doing stuff _right now_."

His response. "Huh, that's kinda cool. But it looks like a lamp."

thamike		2012-10-28 09:41:25 AM

crab66: ....the thunderstorms are awesome.

The hurricane? Yeah.

Frothy Panties		2012-10-28 09:42:54 AM

When does it actually start the de-orbit burn?

WorkingInParadise		2012-10-28 09:46:08 AM

Splashdown ETA 2:20 pm Central Time. Wake me up in 5 hours.

Robert1966		2012-10-28 09:46:13 AM

That guy's playing Galaga.

Spad31		2012-10-28 09:51:09 AM

Robert1966: That guy's playing Galaga.

He didn't think we'd notice.

Guitarguy0069		2012-10-28 09:51:13 AM

Lies! They're not showing re-entry or splashdown!

ras django		2012-10-28 09:54:55 AM

kendelrio: "This is Moon Flight 523 requesting vector for landing...

cdn1.hark.com

hunh?

mr lawson		2012-10-28 10:02:43 AM

Spad31: Robert1966: That guy's playing Galaga.

He didn't think we'd notice.

but we did

douchebag/hater		2012-10-28 10:05:07 AM

NASA isn't letting me watch;

what did I ever do to them but love them and hold them and squeeze them and call them 'George'?

OnlyM3		2012-10-28 10:06:40 AM

crab66

Someone left the turn signal on.

No wonder..... guy on the left was at the controls.

///joking

kendelrio		2012-10-28 10:14:39 AM

ras django: kendelrio: "This is Moon Flight 523 requesting vector for landing...

[cdn1.hark.com image 520x280]

hunh?

I LORFED

mark12A		2012-10-28 10:59:55 AM

INeedAName: Eventually will serve the same roll as the FAA and ATC.

Yeah, those FAA Kaiser rolls *are* freakin' awesome. Soft, flaky, subcontracted out to Cinnabon, I believe.....

mark12A		2012-10-28 11:05:46 AM

Kind of interesting how the Dragon is a fusion of both the Apollo AND the Soyuz in design. Pret-ty sneaky, Sis!

That's the first time I've seen a pic of a re-entered Dragon. Interesting how the parachute compartment is at the base. Not a bad way of maximizing the docking hatch size at the top.

UNAUTHORIZED FINGER		2012-10-28 11:35:12 AM

That brunette who was just talking looks like she partied all night in her prom dress. Brush your HAIR!

devine		2012-10-28 12:00:27 PM

So, this is like KSP before time warp?

colonel0sanders		2012-10-28 12:15:23 PM

devine: So, this is like KSP before time warp?

Hopefully a little less explodey than most of my missions end up

buckler		2012-10-28 12:45:56 PM

colonel0sanders: devine: So, this is like KSP before time warp?

Hopefully a little less explodey than most of my missions end up

And no screaming, terrified astronauts.

jaytkay		2012-10-28 01:15:45 PM

Hey, wait a minute...

lh5.googleusercontent.com

5paz		2012-10-28 02:24:27 PM

great googly moogly! Their camera just panned over the hurricane, it looks like that hurricane from The Day After Tomorrow.

mr lawson		2012-10-28 03:15:04 PM

when is splashdown?

mr lawson		2012-10-28 03:16:36 PM

nevermind....going on now

jtown		2012-10-28 03:18:59 PM

mr lawson: when is splashdown?

Right...about...NOW. NASA didn't cover it live as far as I can tell. The cake was a lie.

m0lissa		2012-10-28 03:20:07 PM

jtown: mr lawson: when is splashdown?

Right...about...NOW. NASA didn't cover it live as far as I can tell. The cake was a lie.

Yeah, I'm getting some slut interviewing a scientist. WTF?

mr lawson		2012-10-28 03:21:38 PM

m0lissa: Yeah, I'm getting some slut interviewing a scientist. WTF?

twitter feed

jtown		2012-10-28 03:23:06 PM

m0lissa: jtown: mr lawson: when is splashdown?

Right...about...NOW. NASA didn't cover it live as far as I can tell. The cake was a lie.

Yeah, I'm getting some slut interviewing a scientist. WTF?

I can't figure out what kind of mashup her accent is.

mr lawson		2012-10-28 03:23:53 PM

YEAH! spalshdown!

SpaceX @SpaceX
#Dragon safely splashed down in Pacific at 12:22PM PT
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Quantum Apostrophe		2012-10-28 03:32:33 PM

Woohoo! What's next? Will they play I Dream of Jeannie on TV? Is it the 1960s again?

angrymacface		2012-10-28 04:41:29 PM

I was actually expecting to see: "This video has been removed due to copyright complaint."

Fail in Human Form		2012-10-28 04:42:31 PM

jaytkay: Hey, wait a minute...

[lh5.googleusercontent.com image 400x323]

Jesus Christ! How did it escape the time lock?

dready zim		2012-10-29 11:07:44 AM

Quantum Apostrophe: Woohoo! What's next? Will they play I Dream of Jeannie on TV? Is it the 1960s again?

Nope, this is a commercial craft delivering items to a space station. How`s the life extension going?

It`s not going better then eating well and washing your hands?

Oh well. Never mind, you could always biatch about people actually doing things toward their goals like that kid at school everyone hated who couldn`t do well at the tests so they turned into a bully if yours are stagnating.

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