Keith’s note: At today’s media telecom with Jim Bridenstine I asked if he could clarify NASA’s media reach during the Demo-2 launch since he says that it topped everyone’s viewing habits. I got one number “10.3 million concurrent viewers across all NASA platforms”. I asked about these “heat charts” that NASA showed which seem to only show limited interest in the states where Dragon was built and flown and asked […]
Keith’s note: Over the past several days media giants such as CNBC and National Geographic have been filing copyright takedown requests on YouTube – which have been granted – against people using their own material that they generated from the launch of DEMO-2 as well as NASA public domain material. National Geographic took this a step further by having NASA’s own video taken down, asserting that National Geographic had the […]
Remarks by President Trump at Kennedy Space Center Keith’s note: Today at a media briefing Jim Bridenstine said that there was representation “from both sides of the aisle” at the Demo-2 launch. Yet this is what the President chose to say about Congressional members present at they events: “Also with us are many members of my Cabinet, including our great new DNI, John Ratcliffe. Thank you,John. Thank you.(Applause.) We have […]
Remarks by President Trump at Kennedy Space Center “Today, the groundbreaking partnership between NASA and SpaceX has given our nation the gift of an unmatched power: a state-of-the art spaceship to put our astronauts into orbit at a fraction of the cost of the Space Shuttle. And it’s much better. From now on, the United States will leverage the fast-growing capabilities of our commercial sector and the finest pieces of […]
You can see the red and green navigation lights on Endeavour – just like the U.S.S. Enterprise … #launchAmerica #Demo2 #crewdragon pic.twitter.com/dw8oebw3PJ — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) May 31, 2020 An automated space droid just delivered two humans to the International Space Station – just like in the movies #Demo2 #LaunchAmerica pic.twitter.com/c4pCqhzpAe — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) May 31, 2020
Russian space agency calls Trump’s reaction to SpaceX launch “hysteria”, Reuters “The U.S. success will potentially deprive Roscosmos, which has suffered corruption scandals and a number of malfunctions, of the lucrative fees it charged to take U.S. astronauts to the ISS. “The hysteria raised after the successful launch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft is hard to understand,” Vladimir Ustimenko, spokesman for Roscosmos, wrote on Twitter after citing Trump’s statement. “What […]
Viewing A Dragon Launch From Orbit “Ivan Vagner @ivan_mks63 2 minutes before the #CrewDragon launch the @Space_Station passed Cape Canaveral. Captured some pictures of LC39A from where the Falcon 9 launched. Congratulations to everyone and looking forward to seeing @Astro_Doug, @AstroBehnken” SpaceX Launches Astronauts on Historic Mission “For the first time in history, NASA astronauts have launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft on […]
SpaceX’s mission: A new chapter in space exploration — and in humanity’s age-old quest, OpEd, Sean O’Keefe, The Hill “The Obama administration modified the strategy, slowing NASA’s spacecraft development but accelerating the commercialization plan to develop new systems to competitively sustain the space station. This was the objective SpaceX has successfully pursued for the past few years, sending cargo and supplies to the space station — the biggest, most advanced […]
Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on Today’s Successful SpaceX Launch at Cape Canaveral, Joe Biden “I congratulate NASA, SpaceX, and all the hardworking women and men who made today a victory for American innovation and persistence. This mission represents the culmination of work begun years ago, and which President Obama and I fought hard to ensure would become a reality. We planted the seeds of today’s success during the […]
YEAH BABY – WE'RE BACK IN ORBIT – ON OUR OWN RIDE. #LaunchAmerica pic.twitter.com/Nduz9iTEak — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) May 30, 2020