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With the current shot of the fast boats headed out, I'm reminded of how much a private mission this is

Posted by JD (aka Jason Dean) Aug 2 '20, 11:54

I was thinking about the images I remember from the space race with helicopters dispatched from aircraft carriers.

This time around these are Space X boats and ships that are doing the recovery. The shots from a mission control viewpoint were all from Hawthorne not Houston.

At the same time, all of the in orbit tracking and communications is using NASA networks and those first shots of the Crew Dragon in the atmosphere were from a NASA WB-57 so there's still very much a partnership aspect to the mission

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It looks like the splashdowns from the 60s. It's great we're in space again and everyone is ok, but we're doing things the way we did 45 years ago. - jnine Aug 2, 12:07 1
- We tried something new with the shuttle program. Turns out this way was superior -- nm - spamlet Aug 2, 12:15
Is it too much to ask for a damn camera shot from the fast boat? -- nm - mud Aug 2, 12:00 2
- Probably. I'm guessing that everybody on those boats is super busy with specific tasks -- nm* - JD Aug 2, 12:02 1
  - duh. It's 2020 and you can put a cam the size of a gnat on *anything* -- nm - mud Aug 2, 12:05
*Miami Vice theme* -- nm - the ice Aug 2, 12:00
My dad was part of a Mercury program recovery when he was in the Navy. -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 11:58 4
- Very cool. I wonder if Space X was offered Navy support, looked at the quoted price and figured they could build their own mini fleet for the price - JD Aug 2, 12:00 2
  - They're using the same recovery boats as for Cargo Dragon. And if they start flying astronauts from other nations, Navy support might not be on offer. -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 12:02 1
    - I figured it was kind of company ethos (Elon?) type of thing. We'll just do it on our own - JD Aug 2, 12:09
- cool! -- nm - mud Aug 2, 11:59

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With the current shot of the fast boats headed out, I'm reminded of how much a private mission this is

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