Strange days indeed

Posted by William M. Connolley on May 25, 2012
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Congratulations to SpaceX, who have connected their Dragon to the ISS.

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[That's a screen-grab, BTW, not a clickable video. Go to msnbc for video.]

That isn’t what I find so strange, though it is potentially the start of a big exciting Newe Worlde.

What was so strange, so bizarre, was the mixture of the real-time video from the ISS with the Dragon capsule on the end of the robot arm with the world turning underneath it oh so beautiful and delicate, and all flung carelessly out onto the web for anyone who wanted to watch; with the stupid irritating Pringles advert I was forced to sit though for ten seconds before watching the video.

Refs

* The Lesson of SpaceX’s Dragon by David Appell

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  1. #1 Adam
    2012/05/25

    It was live on NASA TV – there may be repeats: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html

    I expect an ad-free video to appear here at some point: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html

  2. #2 Hank Roberts
    2012/05/25

    Yup.

    More: Triana/GOES is back in a launch queue for 2014, to go on one of the commercial test launches, according tohttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46683153/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/our-only-solar-storm-warning-satellite-its-last-legs/

    Supposedly available for a while (has anyone seen it?) from geosync:
    “DISH Earth, a channel exclusively available to DISH Network customers, offering dramatic live views of Earth 24 hours per day, including passing views of the moon, Venus, and even unidentified flying objects…. free on Ch. 212

    … supported by a camera installed on DISH Network’s EchoStar 11 satellite – the world’s first Earth-directed camera mounted on a commercial communications satellite. http://dish.client.shareholder.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=379017

  3. #3 Steve Bloom
    2012/05/27

    I liked this version.

  4. #4 Rattus Norvegicus
    The Bozone, MT
    2012/05/31

    Splashed down successfully this AM! Congrats to SpaceX!