Trump to attend SpaceX launch in Florida
Source: The Hill
President Trump will attend a major SpaceX launch at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida next Wednesday, according to a White House official.
NASA astronauts are scheduled to fly on SpaceXs Crew Dragon spacecraft on May 27, lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center complex at Cape Canaveral. It will be the first time that NASA has launched astronauts from the United States to the International Space Station since 2011.
The flight will mark the last flight test for the Crew Dragon spacecraft before it enters regular service. The capsule will blast off with a Falcon 9 rocket.
Trump acknowledged Thursday that he was considering attending the launch in Florida. The trip will be Trumps fourth to a battleground state in the same number of weeks and will mark his first trip not related to the federal response to the novel coronavirus.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/499253-trump-to-attend-spacex-launch-in-florida
Florida represents a key battleground state for the president as he seeks reelection; Trump won the state narrowly in 2016. The RealClearPolitics polling index shows former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, with a slight edge over the president in the Sunshine State.
James48
(4,416 posts)Will curse the Space-x program to failure.
Just watch.
Every thing he gets near turns to absolute shit. And death. And financial ruin.
Every. Single. Thing.
Initech
(99,915 posts)Which is quite funny when you explain to the MAGAs what the Matrix is *REALLY* about.
Red Mountain
(1,705 posts)To associate himself with something that works.
Even better.......he did nothing to contribute.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)a golf trip, disguised as a support the space venture trip.
Ligyron
(7,592 posts)I'll bet this goes off with a Bang.
If I was one of the crew I'd be sh*ting bricks.
...and I'm not even superstitious.
George II
(67,782 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,539 posts)Plus, it's not their heavy-lifter rocket.
Blue Owl
(49,934 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Run out, lock the door, ALL Systems GO! Imagine the cheering crowds.
Blue Owl
(49,934 posts)I think I could live with that!
LudwigPastorius
(8,944 posts)I wouldn't want Trump, the Fecal King Midas, anywhere near my launch, because everything he touches turns to...well, you know.
trueblue2007
(17,138 posts)tinrobot
(10,848 posts)The director of human spaceflight abruptly quit last week... now Trump is turning the launch into a political event.
I'm getting a bad feeling about this. I hope I'm wrong.
may be a bad sign for the crew
kwassa
(23,340 posts)It all goes together.
benld74
(9,889 posts)Has visited are being tested or will be.
Sneaking suspicion hes passing virus along
totodeinhere
(13,037 posts)I guess that's possible since we know that some people can be asymptomatic yet contagious.
CaptainTruth
(6,546 posts)I was planning on just watching the launch from my back yard but if Trump's motorcade is going to take 405 across the lagoon to Kennedy I might have to park along the road so I can flip him off in person.
I drove by Mar-a-Lago & flipped it off 3 times, but Cheeto Benito wasn't there. Flipping him off in person is now on my bucket list.
I might even get to see a Blackhawk helicopter or two patrolling Trump's route. I had one fly over me once when I was on the edge of the lagoon to watch the launch of a classified military payload.
Standard communications satellite launch: Lagoon patrolled by sheriff's boat.
Classified military payload launch: Blackhawk over your head checking you out for threats.
SergeStorms
(18,903 posts)Camouflage in space, it's a natural fit, right?
lastlib
(22,981 posts)unless you're a staybull jeenius.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)marble falls
(56,359 posts)maxrandb
(15,192 posts)I mean, I've seen the videos. They put a cameraman right below the rocket so he can film the launch.
A lot of people are saying it's the best seat in the house.
raccoon
(31,091 posts)louis-t
(23,199 posts)Donnie two scoops deserves to be as close as possible. He can wear his new Space Force uniform and all the rubes will clap for him.
hatrack
(59,442 posts)Maybe he'll demand that they launch one of those, too.
Crazyleftie
(458 posts)eom