Are we all watching the astronauts coming back home?

[vraiblonde]

Elon Musk should get a medal for this.

 

[Sneakers]

Crew 10 thread.

 

[RoseRed]

Yes!

Crew 10 Launch

Don’t they have a ship waiting somewhere nearby? They keep doing sweeps around the capsule and I don’t see anything on the horizon. They just called out for "capsule lift", so I guess they're getting a chopper ride to someplace else. Just saw a large landing pad nearby. Must be home.

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[stgislander]

I see that Scott Kelly has the same dick gene that his brother Mark does.

 

[frequentflier]

The welcoming dolphins were cool!

 

[DoWhat]

I see that Scott Kelly has the same dick gene that his brother Mark does.

He said that they were never stranded and could have left whenever they wanted.
Is that true?

 

[RareBreed]

The welcoming dolphins were cool!

My husband wondered if they were trained dolphins that were there just in case the pod started to sink and could put a hook on the top to pull it up. I laughed and said they were probably just regular dolphins that happened to show up at the right time. I have heard of dolphins being trained to do tasks "in the wild" but pretty sure it was just a random sighting.

 

[RareBreed]

He said that they were never stranded and could have left whenever they wanted.
Is that true?

Elon offered to go get them but Biden said no.

 

[DoWhat]

My husband wondered if they were trained dolphins that were there just in case the pod started to sink and could put a hook on the top to pull it up. I laughed and said they were probably just regular dolphins that happened to show up at the right time. I have heard of dolphins being trained to do tasks "in the wild" but pretty sure it was just a random sighting.

I understand that, but I was wondering what Scott Kelly said was true.

 

[Kyle]

He said that they were never stranded and could have left whenever they wanted.
Is that true?

If they'd taken the emergency pod, the station didn't have a spare for those left behind.

My guess is they were told no.

Kind of a word game on his part.

 

[vraiblonde]

He said that they were never stranded and could have left whenever they wanted.
Is that true?

No.

 

[vraiblonde]

My husband wondered if they were trained dolphins that were there just in case the pod started to sink and could put a hook on the top to pull it up. I laughed and said they were probably just regular dolphins that happened to show up at the right time. I have heard of dolphins being trained to do tasks "in the wild" but pretty sure it was just a random sighting.

Dolphins are nosy, which is why they chase the dolphin tour boats and swim around kayakers. Something happens, they go check it out.

 

[Ken King]

Is that true?

Of course not or they would have came home a hell of a lot earlier.

 

[Merlin99]

He said that they were never stranded and could have left whenever they wanted.
Is that true?

They could check out any time the want...

 

[BOP]

Elon Musk should get a medal for this.

Presidential Medal of Freedom. Watch the Lefties' heads explode.

 

[BOP]

He said that they were never stranded and could have left whenever they wanted.
Is that true?

Yep, but they were too cheap to call an Uber.

 

[Blister]

My husband wondered if they were trained dolphins that were there just in case the pod started to sink and could put a hook on the top to pull it up. I laughed and said they were probably just regular dolphins that happened to show up at the right time. I have heard of dolphins being trained to do tasks "in the wild" but pretty sure it was just a random sighting.

They better be very strong dolphins, if you want them to lift the Dragon.

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=53283.0

After trunk separation and the deorbit burn are complete, the Crew Dragon capsule weighs approximately 21,200 pounds [9,615 kg].""

 

[BOP]