I just watched the unveiling of Space X's new space capsule called
"Dragon V2". Thing is really cool.

In the unveiling that starts at about 3:20 into the video, they have a
countdown and what appears to be a white drape that hides the capsule
from the audience drops to the ground and magically disappears into thin
air.

Pretty cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDZ-kAYbzl4#t=225

On Fri, 30 May 2014 07:33:03 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I just watched the unveiling of Space X's new space capsule called
"Dragon V2". Thing is really cool.

In the unveiling that starts at about 3:20 into the video, they have a
countdown and what appears to be a white drape that hides the capsule
from the audience drops to the ground and magically disappears into thin
air.

Pretty cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDZ-kAYbzl4#t=225

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It is cool and very well done. That little puff of mist at the
critical moment is obviously obscuring some of the magic but I also
think that there may have been some of the standard film making
trickery involved. The drape is clearly segmented into panels and it
looks like they are being whisked off and under the stage in some way
not visible.

On 5/30/2014 9:13 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2014 07:33:03 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I just watched the unveiling of Space X's new space capsule called
"Dragon V2". Thing is really cool.

In the unveiling that starts at about 3:20 into the video, they have a
countdown and what appears to be a white drape that hides the capsule
from the audience drops to the ground and magically disappears into thin
air.

Pretty cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDZ-kAYbzl4#t=225

===

It is cool and very well done. That little puff of mist at the
critical moment is obviously obscuring some of the magic but I also
think that there may have been some of the standard film making
trickery involved. The drape is clearly segmented into panels and it
looks like they are being whisked off and under the stage in some way
not visible.

If you play it in full screen mode, it's plainly visible that the
curtains were quickly dragged off stage right and stage left.

On Fri, 30 May 2014 10:45:21 -0400, wrote:

Compared to the shuttle, it shouldn't be hard. The shuttle killed 3%
of all the passengers it took and 40% of the craft ended up in flaming
fireballs.

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Interesting statistics. Faulty as it sometimes was, the shuttle was
still an exciting and valuable step forward into space exploration,
especially considering that most of it's technology dates back to the
60s and 70s. I would have signed up for a ride in a heartbeat if
given the opportunity. The International Space Station as it now
exists would not have been possible without it.

On 5/30/14, 10:45 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2014 09:25:16 -0400, H*a*r*r*o*l*d
wrote:

On 5/30/2014 9:13 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2014 07:33:03 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I just watched the unveiling of Space X's new space capsule called
"Dragon V2". Thing is really cool.

In the unveiling that starts at about 3:20 into the video, they have a
countdown and what appears to be a white drape that hides the capsule
from the audience drops to the ground and magically disappears into thin
air.

Pretty cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDZ-kAYbzl4#t=225

===

It is cool and very well done. That little puff of mist at the
critical moment is obviously obscuring some of the magic but I also
think that there may have been some of the standard film making
trickery involved. The drape is clearly segmented into panels and it
looks like they are being whisked off and under the stage in some way
not visible.

If you play it in full screen mode, it's plainly visible that the
curtains were quickly dragged off stage right and stage left.

I think the lights make you believe that but they actually are
segmented and go down the holes in the floor. (which seem to have no
other purpose)


I hope they hurry up and get this "man rated:" so we have a way to get
to anf from the space station. The russians are already saying our
seats on their taxi service is at risk.

Compared to the shuttle, it shouldn't be hard. The shuttle killed 3%
of all the passengers it took and 40% of the craft ended up in flaming
fireballs.



Space travel is inherently risky, and so is your use of statistics.

After all, 100% of U.S. presidents assassinated in our lifetimes were
killed by white males who had been in the military. And 100% of large
federal office buildings blown up in this country by criminals were
destroyed by white males who had been in the military. And virtually all
mass killings in schools, theaters, and shopping centers were
perpetrated by white males.

Overanalyzing tiny sample sizes sometimes leads to huge errors in
drawing conclusions.

--
If right-wing assholes could fly,
rec.boats would be an airport!

On Friday, May 30, 2014 12:16:07 PM UTC-4, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 5/30/14, 10:45 AM, wrote:

On Fri, 30 May 2014 09:25:16 -0400, H*a*r*r*o*l*d


Compared to the shuttle, it shouldn't be hard. The shuttle killed 3%
of all the passengers it took and 40% of the craft ended up in flaming
fireballs.



Space travel is inherently risky, and so is your use of statistics.



Overanalyzing tiny sample sizes sometimes leads to huge errors in
drawing conclusions.


So enlarge the sample size for shuttle flights.

Oops, you can't. So the statistics stand.



If left-wing assholes had a name,
it would be harry krause!!

H*a*r*r*o*l*d wrote:

[snip]

If you play it in full screen mode, it's plainly visible that the
curtains were quickly dragged off stage right and stage left.

In fact, I think I can see it pulled off to the right into a cylindrical
shaped container, partially concealed behind a vertical white panel.

--
Paul Hovnanian
Have gnu, will travel.

On Friday, May 30, 2014 7:33:03 AM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:

In the unveiling that starts at about 3:20 into the video, they have a

countdown and what appears to be a white drape that hides the capsule

from the audience drops to the ground and magically disappears into thin

air.

Do they need a transmission cooler too, you ASS****?