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Multishot.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-45 minutes. SpaceX Launch Director should be verifying go for propellant load
« Last Edit: 03/02/2019 06:10 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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"Joint steam" subdued "Ya!"....
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Vehicle and spacecraft.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Interview with NASA Administrator.
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T-40 minutes.
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Working no issues. Go given for launch.
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Ripley time!
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T-37 minutes.  Dragon launch escape system should be arming.
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T-35 minutes. First stage LOX and first and second stage RP-1 loading should be starting now.
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The data Ripley captures isn’t available in real-time, SpaceX has to wait until she comes back. Ripley will also be used on in-flight abort test.

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T-35 minutes. First stage LOX and first and second stage RP-1 loading should be starting now.
Still waiting for that call.
Nevermind, it has begun.
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Confirmation that propellant loading has begun.
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T-30 minutes. Commercial Crew Program video.
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Vapour from the first stage, indicating propellant loading is under way.
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T-25 minutes. ISS video.
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SpaceX LCC in the KSC LCC firing room.

And it looks amazing (and requires far less folk than Shuttle).
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LCC-4 and orbit to ISS.
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