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The crew take manual control two time: in free flight and then during ISS approach.
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and social spacing with two folks almost off the podium
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Flight Readiness Review Briefing at Kennedy

Participants:
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine
NASA Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk
Kathy Lueders, manager, NASA Commercial Crew Program
Kirk Shireman, manager, International Space Station Program
Benji Reed, director of crew mission management, SpaceX
Norm Knight, deputy director, NASA Johnson Space Center Flight Operations
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NASA is "attending" SpaceX's Launch Readiness review.  A significant change from the past obviously...
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Kirk mentioned SpaceX modified the Dragon to assuage Russian concerns about a possible, though remote, catastrophic failure mode.  Curious minds are interested in details.
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https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1263913179379187712

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Lueders on the Crew Dragon anomaly last year: Do not every underestimate the value of a failure...When I look back on April, I view it as a blessing.

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T-45 minutes. The SpaceX Launch Director should be verifying go for static fire propellant load about now.

Credit Florida Today Youtube stream.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-42 minutes. The crew access arm has swung back.

Credit Florida Today Youtube stream.
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Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-37 minutes. Dragon launch escape system should be armed.

Credit Florida Today Youtube stream.
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Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-35 minutes. First and second stage RP-1 and first stage LOX loading should be starting about now.

Credit Florida Today Youtube stream.
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Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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NSF team going live:

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"The Starship has landed"

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T-30 minutes to static fire.

Credit Florida Today Youtube stream.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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