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Offline krytek

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1000 on: 05/25/2012 01:47 pm »
SpaceX feed live

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1001 on: 05/25/2012 01:49 pm »

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1004 on: 05/25/2012 01:51 pm »
SSRMS movement, GO GO GO!

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1005 on: 05/25/2012 01:52 pm »
Insane, look how steady it is.

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1006 on: 05/25/2012 01:54 pm »
Here we go...
"The laws of physics are unforgiving"
~Rob: Physics instructor, Aviator

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1007 on: 05/25/2012 01:56 pm »
Uh, can I get a HELL YEAH!!!

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1008 on: 05/25/2012 01:56 pm »
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

Dragon captured!!!!!!!!! :)
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Offline Jason1701

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1009 on: 05/25/2012 01:56 pm »
Don joking that it's a sim.

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1010 on: 05/25/2012 01:57 pm »
woo woo! ;D
"In principle, rocket engines are simple, but that’s the last place rocket engines are ever simple." Jeff Bezos

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1011 on: 05/25/2012 01:57 pm »
And that's how that is done.

Congratulations to SpaceX and NASA.

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1012 on: 05/25/2012 01:57 pm »
WOO HOO!!!!!!!!  Capture!

Congrats!

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1013 on: 05/25/2012 01:58 pm »
I can breathe again... :)
"The laws of physics are unforgiving"
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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1014 on: 05/25/2012 01:58 pm »
Bingo!

Congrats again SpaceX!


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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1015 on: 05/25/2012 01:58 pm »
YEAH!!!!

Don's resume: "captured a Dragon".

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1016 on: 05/25/2012 01:59 pm »
Thanks to the Canadarm, too. ;)

-Iain

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1017 on: 05/25/2012 01:59 pm »
Don said “We got a Dragon by the tail”… ;D
"The laws of physics are unforgiving"
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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1018 on: 05/25/2012 02:00 pm »
I'll give a cheer for that!
Awesome work. Nailbiting with all the holds and stuff, but they DID it!
A historical achievement!
Now, lets see inside the dragon and see the resupply chain of dragons arriving and the manned tests.
Whoo!

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #1019 on: 05/25/2012 02:00 pm »
Thank you SpaceX!! it was well worth loosing a nights sleep!!  Well done Don, and both Mission Controls: Your Tops!!! You too Andre' ;D
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