Space Exploration

Are NASA's future missions and budget justified?

  • It's worth the time and expenditures

    Votes: 222 65.9%

  • Complete waste of money

    Votes: 41 12.2%

  • We need to explore, but not at the current cost

    Votes: 74 22.0%
  • Total voters
    337
#2,815
#2,815
Everyday Astronaut is down in Boca Chica for the anticipated 15KM hop this week. Currently another static fire is planned for tomorrow, with the hop no earlier than Wednesday.
 
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"The agency announced the CRS-21 mission is scheduled for December 5th at 11:35 a.m. Eastern Time. A Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from Space Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying the Dragon spacecraft to low Earth orbit. The CRS-21 mission will be the first resupply mission that will utilize SpaceX's upgraded version of the cargo Dragon capsule, which is capable of carrying 50% more payload mass. Dragon is capable of launching a bit over 13,000 pounds of cargo and returning around 6,000 pounds safely, SpaceX says it is “the only spacecraft currently flying that is capable of returning significant amounts of cargo to Earth.”

 
#2,820
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Edit: As soon as I post it the livestream seems to be down. We’ll see if it starts again before the landing attempt.
Edit 2: Apparently the landing was successful.
 
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#2,825
#2,825
twoffo said:

Edit: As soon as I post it the livestream seems to be down. We’ll see if it starts again before the landing attempt.
Edit 2: Apparently the landing was successful.
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Yeah, they were so proud they broadcast it all over the world.
 
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