Slowing down / losing speed and altitude takes most of the time, actually. They could probably do it faster but at the cost of way more fuel (just guessing).
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SpaceX and other space stuff
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The odds of success are way more than 50/50. Still bound to be nerves.
Ok, so they must do a succession of burns, first doing a gentle orbit decay then the reentry.
The speed they have to do to maintain orbit depends on the altitude. From the movie I learned the 'angle they meet the atmosphere' is pretty tight as well as the speed. They don't want to drop the speed too much and drop like a stone, but if they don't slow down enough they miss their landing.
yeah know, just kidding around with the nature of the work.
If you get the NASA channel on your cable or streaming service it'll probably be on there. It'll be the same as what you can see on NASA.gov. I put some links in post #580 of this thread (see below). For the landing, the Discovery Channel, SYFY, and the Science Channel are doing a live broadcast tomorrow. as well as (probaby) SpaceX.com and the NASA Channel (NASA.gov).
SpaceX and other space stuff
I haven't been listening much. Just checking the image occasionally. What's the deal with weather today? Is it likely they are doing this? [I ask because I have to go practice 
for a gig next weekend. If it is going to happen, I will delay start of my practice. If it is likely not to happen, I will pass and check in later tonight.]
for a gig next weekend. If it is going to happen, I will delay start of my practice. If it is likely not to happen, I will pass and check in later tonight.]
It's happening, but the weather part won't matter until tomorrow when the splashdown is scheduled. Coming up next is detachment of Crew Dragon from the ISS.I haven't been listening much. Just checking the image occasionally. What's the deal with weather today? Is it likely they are doing this? [I ask because I have to go practice
I presume no going back to ISS if the weather goes wrong? Do they hold off and orbit until it clears?
They were just discussing this - the capsule has crew supplies for 2-3 days in case of landing site weather emergency.
Bob:"Who ate the last Twinkie?"
Doug:"Dunno, wasn't me''..............
29hrs later Dragon splashes down on autopilot, and the capsule is opened by rescuers fearing the worst. It is confirmed.
Oh my, that was so cool to watch.
I kept waiting for Chris to pop out and push them off the ISS like a person would shove a boat off the dock.
-Mike
Things start getting interesting again in a few hours - around 2:30pm EDT should be deorbiting, splashdown 2:48pm EDT.
I have the Science channel on. Already some great programming.
Doug and Bob's Excellent Adventure.
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