WFAA: Frogs in space: A TCU alum was on the SpaceX Polaris Dawn flight

[TopFrog]

Frogs in space: A TCU alum was on the SpaceX Polaris Dawn flight​

WFAA8 on MSN.com

The TCU alum, who graduated from the Fort Worth university in 2008, was on the SpaceX Polaris Dawn launch Tuesday, making her the "first Horned Frog in space," the school posted on social media.

Read more at https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/othe...on-the-spacex-polaris-dawn-flight/ar-AA1ql6mw

 

[ShadowFrog]

Humble brag

That said, 99% of this board are both envious & proud of you. Aim High!

 

[froginmn]

The TCU alum, who graduated from the Fort Worth university in 2008, was on the SpaceX Polaris Dawn launch Tuesday, making her the "first Horned Frog in space," the school posted on social media.

Read more at https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/othe...on-the-spacex-polaris-dawn-flight/ar-AA1ql6mw

Cool story, but Mark says hi:

Jeff Bezos and his brother, Mark, will travel to space on Blue Origin's first human flight on July 20

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark will fly in a suborbital rocket developed by his aerospace company Blue Origin on July 20.

www.usatoday.com

 

[BrewingFrog]

Perhaps she should have toted along a more spiky Zero Gravity Indicator...

Cool story, but Mark says hi:

Jeff Bezos and his brother, Mark, will travel to space on Blue Origin's first human flight on July 20

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark will fly in a suborbital rocket developed by his aerospace company Blue Origin on July 20.

www.usatoday.com

Sub-Orbital. It sorta-counts...

As it is, they tossed Dragon into a very high, and very elliptical orbit relative to the usual circular low Earth orbit trajectories. Their height above Earth takes them farther out than any have been since Apollo.

Here is a livestream:

 

[BrewingFrog]

Apogee reached...

 

[ShadowFrog]

For you youngsters, I’ll recommend The Right Stuff for your next DVD on the couch but if that’s too much then enjoy this clip here or skip to 2:30 for John Glenn in orbit. Sadly, this music did not make the cut for the Score/Soundtrack but it is a Worthy moment;

the right stuff, john glenn in orbit - Google Search

 

[tcudoc]

For you youngsters, I’ll recommend The Right Stuff for your next DVD on the couch but if that’s too much then enjoy this clip here or skip to 2:30 for John Glenn in orbit. Sadly, this music did not make the cut for the Score/Soundtrack but it is a Worthy moment;

the right stuff, john glenn in orbit - Google Search

Here’s a hint:
“Youngsters” don’t have any idea how to watch a movie on DVD.
You and I may be the last of the ones who still have DVDs.

 

[BrewingFrog]

During the wee hours (for us), our fellow Alumni did a brief spacewalk:

 

[ShadowFrog]

Here’s a hint:
“Youngsters” don’t have any idea how to watch a movie on DVD.
You and I may be the last of the ones who still have DVDs.

I still got 8-tracks….somewhere.

 

[BrewingFrog]

I was actually hoping that the Frog of Honor would be Anna. That would have been exceedingly cool, having a video from orbit, "Give 'em Hell, TCU!"

They came back in the wee hours this morning: