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SpaceX Plans First Manned Flight to Space Station in May

posted by martyb on Friday March 20 2020, @06:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the Up,-Up,-and-Away! dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Elon Musk's SpaceX will send astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time in May, NASA said, announcing the first crewed launch from the United States to the platform since 2011.

The tech entrepreneur's company will launch a Falcon 9 rocket to transport NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley in a first for the space agency as it looks to cut costs.

"NASA and SpaceX are currently targeting no earlier than mid-to-late May for launch," the US space agency said in a statement Wednesday.

In March, Musk's Crew Dragon capsule made a round trip to the ISS, which is in orbit more than 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth, with a mannequin on board, before returning to the Atlantic after six days in space.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 20 2020, @07:34PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 20 2020, @07:34PM (#973599)

    Hey Musk, why aren't the first to go up in one of your contraptions?

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  • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 20 2020, @07:38PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 20 2020, @07:38PM (#973600)

    "Musk, why aren't YOU the first to go up in one of your contraptions?"

    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 20 2020, @07:44PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 20 2020, @07:44PM (#973602)

      Because I have a lot of useful idiots volunteering to be guinea pigs. I'll go up when I'm sure it's safe for me to do so.

      Elon

      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DannyB on Friday March 20 2020, @07:55PM

        by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 20 2020, @07:55PM (#973608) Journal

        Young people believe they are invincible. Nothing can hurt them. Technology is absolutely trustworthy, as long as it has pretty graphics, and especially if it is in the cloud (like Dragon 2 briefly is).

        --
        The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 20 2020, @11:02PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 20 2020, @11:02PM (#973669)

    Because Crew Dragon is for NASA astronauts, and he's not one.

    Good chance he's one of the first to ride on Starship, though.