Thanks, gg.

Still haven't heard from spine-dude's office about scheduling a follow-up. Grrrr.

Keepin my paws crossed fer ya.

Good morning, Goofy. Sorry I missed being here while you were logged on. Anyway, good to see you posting again, we missed you.

Over on a different thread, there were space planes mentioned. Not exactly a space plane, but the crewed version of the Dragon capsule is scheduled to undergo (an uncrewed) full flight test soon: https://www.space.com/nasa-spacex-c...gn=20190223-sdc

Be fun to watch that first test flight, won't it?

It would be. A lot of these things are webcast live, now I'm going to go check and see if this one is.

Oooooh, the answer is: YES!: https://www.space.com/how-to-watch-...-1-mission.html

Should be good. Space-X has sure come a long way in a relatively short period of time. Impressive company.

I did not stay up to watch it live-0200 is a bit much for me, but the coverage here: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...i-live-coverage said the launch went well. Couple of more hurdles to jump, but it's looking good.

Anxious to see more on the launch and how it all goes. Thanks for the update … I couldn't stay awake for it either. :(

Successfully passed another milestone, autonomous docking (previous dockings with the International Space Station have been done with the assistance of the ISS's robot arm):
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...3112124992.html

Hip Hip Horray! Sounds like everything went off without any hitch. :thumbs:

There's still a big milestone to pass...the re-entry test, in just under two weeks now. It's a bit tricky, as the Crew Dragon is asymmetrical. But we'll find out what effect that has on re-entry when they do the test.

We'll keep our fingers crossed.

I'll keep ma' paws crossed, too. Gwarsh, kind of excitin' if I do say so myself.