Excitinga Launch News Today

I would say, look out the window. because thats something that you cant recreate on earth. you can do a little bit of zero g in the airplane like the vomit comet. so i just spend my time looking out the window if i had the opportunity. >> scott, what is it like for that moment when youre inside the spacecraft and you can no longer see the ground? because as someone who watched that launch over the summer, that was a moment of panic for so many of us, to see the spacecraft, and suddenly, it was g...

Actually to adapt to weightlessness. there is a significant difference between the profiles youre seeing here in terms of that launch. between the vomit comet and when you get on orbit. so i think its really important to sort of work those out and so the physiology, the physiological aspect of people may not have to be as robust. i will never get over the vomit comet. all of these are small steps towards a return to the moon. who will get there first? the u.s. or china? >> its hard to say, becau...

He, of course, is not going to be aboard this craft. i interviewed him after the last launch, and while he said he was ready to go the next day and the day after and wanted to be on many missions going forward, he wanted to let others experience it. but it sure looks like hes going to be with them until the very, very last moment. besides the four of them, it seems to be just jeff. >> sorry, garrett, real quick, there is a difference between space exploration and space tourism. this is a case of...

And 14 minutes away, we have that crew of four onboard, including 90-year-old william shatner, captain kirk, about to become the oldest space traveler in history. three to four minutes of weightlessness before coming back down for a soft landing. cannot wait to hear the reactions on the other side of this. jose? >> may, when morgan mentioned watching the last launch, i was there. and as one standing on the ground, watching it, smelling it, experiencing it is something that i will never forget. a...

Shatner, captain kirk was going to be aboard this mission? >> i havent talked to him about it yet. ly probably today, when i talk to him. hes been a little busy lately. so -- but im sure hes paying attention and is excited about captain kirk or the guy who played him getting ready to launch. >> and morgan, youre so close. just a mile or more from the location of this launch. it is a beautiful day. almost cloudless skies. were going to see a lot, but also, in your case, feel a lot. >> yeah, jose,...

Okay. that its holding stable, you want to make sure that the engines are going through all of their checks. theyre going to be swiveling the engines and trying to make sure everything is working well. the flight surfaces. so its this series of things that have to happen, particularly in a situation where youre automated and the crew has very little control. so mission control has to make sure everything is working well. >> and scott, you were talking about liftoff, as being one of the most impa...

Flammable. but its very sparse as far as -- you know, its not the flight deck of the starship enterprise, thats for sure. >> may i add something -- >> i want to bring morgan chesky in. morgan, do you have more information about this hold? >> reporter: yeah, steph. a blue origin spokesperson has said regarding this brief hold, it appears the astronaut loading portion of this process took a little bit longer than expected. they anticipate this to be a brief hold before resuming -- you can see ther...

0 >> i wouldnt say all of it is aimed towards that. of course, any commercial veteran needs to turn a profit in order to stay in business. so its partially about that. its partially about helping jeff bezos realize his big picture dream of colonizing what we call sis lunar space, the area between low earth orbit and the moon. this is a small first step for jeff bezos and blue origin, showing that they can launch people successfully into space and they have other rockets and bigger ambitions on t...