Good story!
Lon is Paul’s eldest. No worries, just wanting to be clear. Not sure if you were saying Lon was a pal of Elon’s, which is not out of the realm of possiblility.
From uncle to nephew is an interesting bequeath for a name.
Neat.
Glad I was able to watch the live stream today despite being at work. Surprisingly emotional for me too. Something really positive in the middle of a lot of negative, maybe? Glad it went so well.
They are within close proximity to the station now.
I loved the two Tesla X that ferried them out to the space ship. And then all touch panel control inside the ship itself. Wicked cool to watch the first stage land itself on the drone ship. Like science fiction.
Imagine what a bucket of bolts the 1969 moon shot hardware must look like today. An older childhood friend moved from Michigan to join the space race in 1965. I remember doing “drop the egg out of the airplane” experiments in school at the time. I was 10 years old.
Missed the live launch but found the NASA footage on YouTube, Very cool stuff. The Bob & Doug McKenzie MEMES that have floating around are hilarious. Strange Brew indeed (listening to the MFSL Disraeli Gears at this moment).
Having watched the Challenger Disaster live in '86. Every time one of these launches are successful, it’s a thrill to watch live or Memorex.
Cheers,
Joe
Touchscreen tech though, never strikes me as a good idea on anything safety critical, also, gloves if they lose atmosphere? Sorry, I was employed (indirectly) to predict disasters for many years and mitigate them.
Very impressive achievement, very pleased for the world 
…I do like the Apollo control panels though…
I agree – it is almost a matter of principle from my perspective.
Watching the launch, I got the sense that there is precious little the two-man crew actually has any control over or input to.
Even if not directly comparable, wonderfully interesting.
Very nice comparison. Thanks
Dragon hatch open. Crew about to enter ISS. Amazing with all the technology that has just been demonstrated an inability to establish simple hardline audio to the capsule delayed proceedings. Details, details.
It’s always Audio that makes trouble! Com re config!
That’s why we are all here. 
Yup. They had to go RF loop to stay in audio contact with the capsule. Where there’s a will there’s a way.
Couple of Telefunken U47’s strategically placed around the ISS would have solved the problem, should have gone analog!
Loving the Dragon flying around!
Big moment. Welcome aboard indeed Bob and Doug!
Bob and Doug now on board
Praise God!!