“T minus 60 seconds. Terminal autosequence initiated. #DragonLaunch”
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“Recovery ship just heard the sonic booms from Dragon reentry and has data transmission lock.”
“T minus 10 minutes ... Entering terminal count #dragonlaunch”
“Almost done reviewing Dragon code with @NASA. Looks good so far. Target launch date is May 19, right after Soyuz docks.”
“The sheer size of Falcon Heavy is mind-blowing. It could literally send a fully loaded London bus to the moon.”
“Just did an interview with Spaceflight Now. Some of your questions may be answered here: http://t.co/vF0Rs3p1 http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/003/120518musk/”
“@AuerSusan @valleyhack True. Also, Ariane primary bay can deliver slightly heavier satellites than Falcon 9. Falcon Heavy is needed ...”
“@geoffeg Dragon code is written in C++ on Linux.”
“@Avron_p you can mount a rack to the roof via suction cups and still have one Falcon door work fine. Guaranteed up to 140 mph.”
“@ID_AA_Carmack That works for Dragon, but hard to do for something long like Falcon”
“Next month is also when our Dragon spaceship docks with the Space Station for the first time. Major pucker factor...”
“Charlie Bolden, NASA Administrator, checks out Dragon at our central Texas test site http://t.co/HXupX9VM http://img.ly/jwGy”
“@RichardGarriott Dragon will use four pairs of side mounted Superdraco engines. Can function with up to four out.”
“@RichardGarriott Just the air in Dragon. Technically, if a few humans had stowed aboard Dragon on the last flight, they would've been ok.”
“@EricIdle Cool! Btw, thought you might appreciate that 1st flight of Dragon spacecraft carried a large wheel of cheese :)”
“@QuantumG Dragon V1.1 doesn't have a launch escape system. Probably comparable reliability to Shuttle, but we need to do better.”
“@TeslasBigFan Don't worry, we've got a cool solution for ski storage on the X with the Falcon wing doors”
