The SpaceX Crew Dragon was a success for the company, NASA, and humanity in general as the Crew-1 made their way towards the International Space Station. One of the Crew Dragon astronauts, Victor Glover, posted a video on his official Twitter account and the comment section noted that this concludes the discussion when it comes to "is the Earth flat?" to rest.
All "flat Earthers" will be avoiding watching this — Jim Palmer (@jimpalmer38) November 24, 2020
SpaceX Crew Dragon, SpaceX Falcon 9, and SpaceX Starlink: What they have in common
This SpaceX launch is currently considered a milestone by the company as it has finally been able to launch a crew into space with the use of 100% SpaceX rockets. Before this, the SpaceX Falcon 9 previously worked closely with NASA sending cargo ships and
Aside from SpaceX's Starlink satellites that have been able to launch almost a thousand flights in total, the Crew Dragon sending four astronauts into space is another one of the company's biggest accomplishments this year. As of the moment, there are close to 1000 satellites into space.
SpaceX Starlink Satellite tracker
According to an article by SpaceFlightNow, the recent Falcon 9 launch marks the 100th launch made by the rocket bringing 60 Starlink satellites into space. The Starlink satellites tracker notes that there are currently 995 satellites as of the moment revolving in low-orbit.
The recent video uploaded by SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut Victor Glover showed an amazing 30-second clip of what it looks like outside of the window from space looking back to Earth. The tweeted video then started gaining huge attention as other people started calling out the flat earthers which are a group of people that still believe that the world is flat.
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SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut vs. Flat Earthers
According to the flat earthers, the notion that the world is round is only a hoax made up by scientists and the group rejects any explanation proving that the world is indeed round. The group of flat earthers have been around for quite a while trying to disprove scientific evidence that the world is round. With the new video uploaded by the Crew Dragon astronaut Victor Glover, the evidence that the world is round is just getting stronger.
For those that are wondering what is the difference between the Crew Dragon and the Dragon Resilience, the Crew Dragon Resilience or Dragon C207 is a particular Crew Dragon spacecraft that was initially manufactured by SpaceX and also built under NASA's known Commercial Crew Program or CCP. It is now docked on orbit to the known International Space Station or ISS on the recent Crew-1 mission after the launch during 00:27 UTC on Day 2 or November 17, 2020.
The mission delivered four new members of the known Expedition 64 to the three other astronauts already on the station, according to the official NASA Space Flight announcement. Among those members is Victor Glover who took his very first video up in the Crew Dragon Resilience and uploaded it to Twitter.
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