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Commentators just made a good point. It looks like they are just floating

in space near each other but that's just relative. You forget that they are orbiting the earth once every 90 minutes!

(In response to this post by PhotoHokieNC)

Posted: 05/31/2020 at 09:46AM

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Today for Dragon/SpaceX (from NASA) -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2020 07:36AM

Commentators just made a good point. It looks like they are just floating -- 133743Hokie 05/31/2020 09:46AM

It's all relative. ** -- MikeVT85 05/31/2020 2:33PM

I'd have to get off my butt and research orbital velocity history, and -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2020 10:00AM

It should be mathematical. -- Hokie CPA 05/31/2020 10:11AM

Yep. Theoretically a cannonball shot horizontally at a high enough speed -- Hokie360 05/31/2020 11:00AM

^^^We need to put somebody on testing this^^^ ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2020 2:58PM

Now about 15 minutes ahead of schedule ** -- 133743Hokie 05/31/2020 09:42AM

Say what?!?! Now, you just wait a minute... -- No1Hokie 05/31/2020 09:42AM

Would be hilarious if they ate Taco Bell the night before the launch... -- EDGEMAN 05/31/2020 07:40AM