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Demo-2 Launch on Nat Geo Channel

Exciting times !!!

The launch of Demo-2, the first manned U. S. space launch in 9 years with be broadcast on Nat Geo.

Launch date is planned for Wednesday, May 27th (weather permitting).

Coverage starts at 3:00 pm EST, with liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket at 4:33 pm EST.

I was planning on being there... but this stupid virus screwed up my plans. Oh well.

At least I can watch it on Nat Geo in High Def.

Tom Wilson

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Permalink Reply by Melvin L. De Vilbiss on May 21, 2020 at 10:25pm

Excellent news!

Permalink Reply by Scott T. Shier on May 23, 2020 at 8:14am

That's cool news, but I won't be able to watch - I work afternoon shift!

Permalink Reply by George Thomas Wilson on May 27, 2020 at 4:23pm

Aborted due to weather

Next attempt - Saturday May 30, 3:22 PM EDT

Permalink Reply by George Thomas Wilson on May 30, 2020 at 3:23pm

LIFTOFF !!!

Permalink Reply by Scott T. Shier on May 30, 2020 at 4:44pm

oh no, I forgot about it, and was out moving the grass !

Permalink Reply by George Thomas Wilson on June 2, 2020 at 10:26am

A big oops on the part of Nat Geo for the very coverage I was promoting here.  Apparently the program was copyrighted including the public domain content from NASA.  This caused YouTube to take down NASA's own video of the launch for violating Nat Geo's copyright.  It was down for the entire weekend.  Here is an article regarding the incident:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/false-natgeo-copyright-...

Tom Wilson

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