[Hitstirrer]

First manned SpaceX Crew Dragon flight set for May 27 liftoff

The date for SpaceX's first manned Crew Dragon flight has been set. NASA announced that the Demo-2 mission will lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 27, 2020, at 4:32 pm EDT with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley…

newatlas.com

 

[cah197]

Well, if even the Russians are complaining you’re too cheap and ‘dumping’ supply on the market.

 

[cah197]

Of course the title is wrong - Tesla doesn’t own Space X or the Falcon 9.

 

[Hitstirrer]

Of course the title is wrong - Tesla doesn’t own Space X or the Falcon 9.

Amended.

 

[Ian McVey]

As Elon said his rockets are 80% reusable and the Russians rockets are 0% reusable. Boeing versus SpaceX is the real question, why did they get twice the funding of SpaceX for the same thing? Jobs for the boys me thinks

 

[cah197]

Boeing versus SpaceX is the real question, why did they get twice the funding of SpaceX for the same thing?

Because they kept failing.

 

[mikegs]

Jobs for the boys me thinks

Turned out Boeing owned half the FAA. They probably have moles in other government departments.

 

[Ian McVey]

Because they kept failing.

Yes that seems to be their current standard at the moment, makes you think are they too big to fail, or will their military contracts keep them solvent

 

[JeffG]

Presumably people are watching Elon's Starlink satellites crossing the sky nightly? Up to 40 in a line at a time spaced about 30 seconds apart. Tonight's (Wednesday) pass in the UK starts at 21.34 BST tracking West to East, so almost overhead.

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Another batch of Starlink satellites are being launched at 19:30 UTC (20:30 BST) today.