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Rocket Launch
Aug 13, 2018, 10:37 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlyuSwRSVHU
Parker Solar Probe is on it's way to the Sun. My daughter is a rocket scientist for ULA and worked on that rocket. She interned there this summer and accepted a job after 1 more semester of school. She took my wife and I on a tour so we got to see it up close and personal. It is amazing how big it really is. They are sending astronauts back up into space in a year or so. Can't wait to get down there and watch a launch.
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Awesome for your daughter! Congrats!
Aug 13, 2018, 10:49 AM
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Go Tigers AND Tiger Nation!
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Re: Rocket Launch
Aug 13, 2018, 11:01 AM
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Night launches are awesome.
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Re: Rocket Launch
Aug 14, 2018, 2:18 PM
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Took my Meme to watch one of the 4 AM Shuttle launches in late '90s when you could park inside the Air Base across the lagoon from the rocket. She was 90 years old. Was the highlight of my memories of her. She was like a child that morning. She went from A Model Fords to Moon walking to Low Earth Stations...
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We Did That!
Aug 13, 2018, 11:16 AM
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Congratulations to you and your daughter.
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Re: Rocket Launch
Aug 13, 2018, 12:33 PM
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Clemson launches rockets too.
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The sun is hot ... really hot.***
Aug 13, 2018, 12:50 PM
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The surface is about 10,000 deg F the temp is 1,000,000 deg
Aug 13, 2018, 2:33 PM
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F where the probe is going. Which makes no sense. We are used to fires getting hotter as you get closer not the other way around. The Parker Solar Probe should be able to tell us why that happens.
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Awesome. Thanks for posting that!
Aug 13, 2018, 1:37 PM
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And congrats to your daughter. I know you are a proud papa.
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That's awesome about your daughter
Aug 13, 2018, 1:41 PM
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but the US is a lot further than a year away from our own manned flights.
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CU Medallion [51530]
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People have been saying "we're sending astronauts next year"
Aug 14, 2018, 9:28 AM
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for the past 7 years since they retired the shuttle. I thought Orion or Dream Chaser would be it, if not that then the Dragon capsule with SpaceX. Paying Russia hundreds of millions for a couple Uber rides to the ISS is embarrassing.
Saying that, I hope so. We need to get our collective ##### back to low earth orbit, the moon, and then to Mars. Hopefully Boeing will get it done.
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Good for you, Man. You should be proud.
Aug 13, 2018, 7:22 PM
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I always wanted to be a rocket surgeon...***
Aug 14, 2018, 9:40 AM
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Preediction: It's gonna melt faster than Dippin Dots.
Aug 14, 2018, 12:34 PM
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Re: Rocket Launch
Aug 14, 2018, 4:15 PM
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Not many parents get to say "My daughter is a rocket scientist." You and your wife must be so proud. Congrats!
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