https://youtube.com/watch?v=aEi5boWupRk
!spacechads !ifrickinglovescience Launch is scheduled for 12:25 pm EDT
This is the third overall flight of the Boeing Starliner capsule and the first crewed flight. Success will ensure Starliner's certification for the Commercial Crew Program by which NASA pays for private company services to shuttle astronauts to the ISS.
Crew members are:
Commander Barry E. Wilmore
Pilot Sunita Williams
She does have a large chin
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!spacechads wtf are the 4 giant towers surrounding the spacecraft on the launchpad? looks like minarets lol
EDIT oh darn they are lightning rods.... that's cool asf
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Lightning protection system. They hang wires above and near the rocket to prevent it from getting struck.
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