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Old 08-02-2020, 1:47pm   #1
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Are you able to see the splashdown from your location?
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It was on Discovery Channel.
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It was on Discovery Channel.
FOX NEWS too......live landed maybe 5 minits ago.....
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No it's too far out. Watching via stream feed

Plus they gave such a HUGE range for the splashdown... I didn't even bother going out in my Pontoon to watch. They said anywhere from 30 miles offshore to 175 miles offshore, last I read.
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I’m watching it on Discovery.
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No it's too far out. Watching via stream feed

Plus they gave such a HUGE range for the splashdown... I didn't even bother going out in my Pontoon to watch. They said anywhere from 30 miles offshore to 175 miles offshore, last I read.
Depends on witch way the winds blow....../blew.....
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WTF over?


F'n boat with a Trump flag just passed between the capsule and the recovery boat, which looks like was less than 50 yards from either one!!



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The Cap'n of that boat is gonna have some 'splaining to do. From the brig of a USCG vessel.

After they impound the USS Trump.
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We saw it too! Crazy! I thought there would be some security near the capsule.
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Shows just how vulnerable the entire crew is out there during a splashdown with the "security" in place for today.

I seriously doubt they'll attempt another splashdown without some big-time USN/USCG security boats.


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Apparently there were a bunch of interloping private vessels out there.

I'd like to know HTF any unauthorized folks knew exactly where to go to meet them out there. I'd suspect that's FOUO* (NASA non-DOD classification level) information.

Somebody/somebodies are gonna lose their clearances. If not their jobs. And their personal freedom.









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Here's a screengrab I made.

The picture was taken from the big recovery vessel. You can see the black (burned from re-entry heat) capsule floating, perhaps 50-100 yards (at MOST) off the bow of the recovery vessel.

Aaaaannnnddd..... along comes the photobombing Trump-flagged vessel passing right between the two.

Although TECHNICALLY... the Trump vessel has the right of way because it's passing on the recovery vessel's starboard bow.








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It looks really close to the capsule!
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They heading to Eglin?
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PNS NAS I’d guess off the toppa my head
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One of the “announcers” said Pensacola.
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Glad they made it back safely.
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Those are patriotic civilian first responders. If the crew had needed to bail immediately for some reason, like a fire in the cabin, it would have been Trump supporters who rescued them, not the Navy. 'Murica, y'all!


Story time: I went to see one of the very last Space Shuttle launches. There's a park near the Space Center that we were visiting that morning. I guess they clear it and close it for security, and a military helo hovered near us telling us to GTFO over the speaker. Kinda freaked us out; the rotor wash was creating a dust cloud and even kicking up a few pebbles. We left the park.
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Meanwhile, the Biden rescue team wasn't quite as successful:

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A FB friend's son was working on a tournament fishing boat and took a picture of it. All you could see was the parachute.
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