I'm tentatively planning on taking the day off, though I suspect that there's a good chance of a scrub the first time they try.

For some useless fun, SpaceX has put up a simulator for what it's like to dock Dragon to ISS.

https://iss-sim.spacex.com/

https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dr...uarantine.html

Routine, but a little weird considering what's going on.

They've had them in a kind of soft-quarantine for about a month already (avoiding contact with anyone not absolutely necessary, masks and PPE, etc.).

Scheduled my time off today. NASA coverage starts at 8:15MT for a 12:33MT launch.

This is neat if any of you know a recent graduate.

https://www.spacex.com/classof2020

Very cool.

Cool man, thanks. Just submitted a picture of my granddaughter. She graduated elementary school this year.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Crew Dragon has arrived to Launch Complex 39A! ��<br><br>This spacecraft will carry <a href="https://twitter.com/AstroBehnken?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AstroBehnken</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Astro_Doug?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Astro_Doug</a> to the <a href="https://twitter.com/Space_Station?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Space_Station</a> when it launches atop a <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpaceX</a> Falcon 9 rocket on May 27, at 4:33 p.m. ET: <a href="https://t.co/yvfOCG49U8">https://t.co/yvfOCG49U8</a> <a href="https://t.co/Tdtdaucdef">pic.twitter.com/Tdtdaucdef</a></p>&mdash; NASA&#39;s Kennedy Space Center (@NASAKennedy) <a href="https://twitter.com/NASAKennedy/status/1262471859028856832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Looks like they are postponing Starlink 7 until after DM2. Not enough available ASDS with JRTI currently getting upgraded.

Oh ok.

I never knew there were so many graduates from Atlantis.:D

How do you get into the Space Force?

I'm reading this as a "WTF did you say?" so forgive me if I'm misinterpreting.

To translate, though, they only have one functional drone ship (autonomous spaceport drone ship - ASDS) in the Atlantic because one of the two (Just Read the Instructions - JRTI) is under maintenance.

So the gist is that they were supposed to be doing a Starlink launch last weekend, but it got delayed due to the tropical storm. That pushes it back close enough to the crew launch (Demo Mission 2 - DM2) that the other drone ship (Of Course I Still Love You - OCISLY) couldn't support both missions. As a result, they pushed back the Starlink launch until after they fly crew.

This shit does get super acronym-y sometimes. There's a glossary in the OP fwiw. This gave me a new one to add. :)

For now:

1) Be a member of the military
2) Apply