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Nasa SpaceX launch set to usher in a new era for human spaceflight

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American space agency (Nasa) astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will create a piece of history on Wednesday when they launch from the Florida coast.

The pair's trip to the International Space Station (ISS) will be made in a rocket and capsule system provided by a private company, SpaceX.

Nasa has traditionally always owned and operated its space vehicles.

But that is a capability it gave up in 2011 when it retired the last of the space shuttles.

The agency now wants to contract out all future crew transportation to low-Earth orbit to the commercial sector.

And assuming Wednesday's flight goes well, this new way of working will be implemented in full.

"We're starting a new era in space; it's an era when space is going to be available to more people than ever before," explained Nasa Administrator Jim Bridenstine.

"We envision a future where the low-Earth orbit is entirely commercialised, where Nasa is one customer among many customers, and where we have many providers competing on cost, on innovation and safety."

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22 minutes ago, Lucas said:

Imagine being suited and booted, strapped up, sitting there mentally ready in your head to blast off into Space, only to be fucked about by the weather like that.

Got to be annoying.

Annoying all right, lying in bed reading a book and l logged in to watch the launch and heard it had been cancelled, I bet you @nudge will be pissed off too. 😥

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1 minute ago, CaaC (John) said:

Annoying all right, lying in bed reading a book and l logged in to watch the launch and heard it had been cancelled, I bet you @nudge will be pissed off too. 😥

It's a regular occurrence so I'm kind of used to it already... but yes, it's definitely annoying nevertheless!

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SpaceX launch: Nasa astronauts set for a second try

Rocket company SpaceX will make a second attempt in the coming hours to get Nasa astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken into orbit.

Their flight to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday was postponed because of poor weather at Florida's Kennedy Space Center.

Saturday's forecast is not brilliant. The meteorologists say conditions will probably be touch and go again.

The lift-off is scheduled for 15:22 EDT (19:22 GMT; 20:22 BST).

 

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4 minutes ago, Bluewolf said:

Got it on in the background... 

This is so exciting... First private crewed flight ever, could kickstart the new era of human spaceflight. It's sad that there's not that much interest from the general public, to be honest.

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3 minutes ago, nudge said:

This is so exciting... First private crewed flight ever, could kickstart the new era of human spaceflight. It's sad that there's not that much interest from the general public, to be honest.

Let's hope it all goes well... 

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2 minutes ago, Stan said:

Good luck to them all! Must be a dream come true for them to go up to space! 

Both of them flew the Space Shuttle so they have been in space already :) but I'm sure they're extremely happy to go into history books with this flight either way!

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