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jon: yeah, it is really again quite an achievement for a private company to have really been this bold, to not just, you know, put them up there sort of in the same space plateau, if you will, as the international space station, but 300 miles up, quite a ways higher than the space station is currently orbiting. it is really an achievement, and obviously elon musk and everybody at space x ought to be incredibly proud. this craft actually launched from the same launch pad at cape canaveral, cape kennedy, kennedy space center at cape canaveral, from the same pad where many of the moon missions launched. did it not, clayton? yes, actually launched from the same pad 39-a at the kennedy space center was typically the pad used the most often by the shuttle launches, so they ....
0 these are people with families, and the goal here really has been heartwarming. i think you ve probably seen the footage of the interactions that this crew has had with children in the hospital. i mean, it s been a fund-raising campaign for st. jude s, 200 million dollars has been the goal. and there s been all kinds of interaction from them there. it just has been an amazing experience to see regular americans, like you and i, in space. only less than 600 people jon: hang on a second, alexandria. we re getting our first images. let s listen to mission control. as part of the inspiration for mission, the crowd here is very excited to see them after the first time as well. so yeah, couple of minutes left of the blackout period, and we should be getting comms re-established with the crew here shortly. jon: the blackout period, clayton, perhaps you re the best to explain that to us. the capsule is coming back, and the friction of it ebb countering the earth s encountering the ....