Anyone just watched the SpaceX Dragon dock with the ISS over China?

Bloody brilliant! Love it!

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Ruthler · 26-30, F

What is so special about this?
hasn't space craft docked with the station all the time?

Oneofthestormboys · 56-60, M

@Ruthler First private company to produce a spacecraft to do all this, and fully automatic apparently. It’s a fantastic achievement, and will lead to a lot of more far reaching voyages. Back to the moon, Mars, moons of Jupiter & Saturn...

Ruthler · 26-30, F

@Oneofthestormboys wasn't the previous cargo craft also automatic?
and didn't they dock a dragon ship already?

Oneofthestormboys · 56-60, M

Might have been - I’m not sure. Apparently NASA has had to pay Russia’ space agency £70 million for each astronaut on the Soyuz rocket, so it makes sense to try to find another solution and pool their resources with a private company. I expect their budget has been cut so much that they can’t do it on their own anymore. @Ruthler

Ruthler · 26-30, F

@Oneofthestormboys I honestly don't know how much money space x has been saving if at all.
They haven't been very open about that despite it being their number 1 selling point.