SpaceX Crew-1 Docked to ISS!

Thanks! I'm glad I can provide something unique. If I can pull off what I have planned for tomorrow evening... it will be a first for me and probably the only example of it to come during this particular mission.

Nice job and thanks for sharing!

You should move to CO or AZ. Much better skies.

Holy crap!

Awesome job, Astro.

But not as many big rockets.

I actually lived in CO for a while. It's where I really started to get into amateur astronomy. I don't think I could live there now though. They wouldn't let me in their state with some of the stuff I own.

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You got a point there.

that's some sick shit

Stupid questions here. Space x is private? So we don’t use Russia for transport.? How much does it cost for these trips and who pays for them? Thanks

Nice work OP, very appreciated!

SpaceX is a private company, the first to launch humans into orbit. My understanding is that NASA is paying about 55 million dollars per astronaut for this mission, as opposed to about 86 million per astronaut for a Soyuz mission. And this way they also get four astronauts on the station with each launch instead of only two Americans at most (the third in the Soyuz being a Russian Cosmonaut).

One thing I don't understand is how the Russians could NOT be doing this cheaper than SpaceX. Is there a subsidy going on somewhere?

Well that is it.

Don't need NASA anymore.

Just billionaires with brains and vision.

Another Amazing Astro moment! TY!

“You can tell it’s real because it looks so fake.” - Elon Musk

That's some groundbreaking green screens.

Amazing what humanity can do.

Any thoughts on this? Is it just better technology and cheaper engineers we have here vs. Russia?

Reusability is key. The first stage of the Falcon 9 that launched them into orbit will launch other payloads, and likely even the next crew into orbit as well. In fact the next crew will likely be taking the DM-2 capsule back into orbit. The rocket itself is designed to be as cheap as possible but reusability really drives down the cost. This is why the SpaceX contract to launch crew members is so much cheaper than the Boeing contract. At this point, The Boeing starliner isn't even saving any money over launching astronauts on a Soyuz, but that's another story.

So, do you support cosmohoax?

So if it is that close, will the Russians re-use or would that cost them too much to implement? I am sorry but I always see them as being able to do all space stuff much cheaper. Pencil vs. million dollar upside down pen.

Here's anotherdumb question:
How much was it for the shuttle to get people into space with today's inflation/dollar devaluation?

More than Detroit

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shuttle: 54k/kg
spacex: 2.7k/kg

but the shuttle had a bigger load, and was more badass....

WOW!!!! Thank you! This is awesome!

Wait, that doesn't add up to 55 Million,

figure 4 guys at 250 lbs each, that comes out to about 1.2 Million, not 55 million...

So Spacex is making 53.8 Million dollars per launch?

It would seem they get a little turned invisible when you talk about money.

Great footage.

Nice to see the Florida weather cooperate.

Tomorrow looks even better for an ISS sighting.

5*

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Just an aside, but do you reckon this is why Musk is the 3rd richest man in the world? I'm not buying that it's all down to Tesla.

Do you know if NASA'a private outsourcing is so lucrative Musk has bagged a winner?

Great video as always, Astromut.