Orion Swing Drop at NASA Langley Research Center - June 7, 2016

[@slumberlust]

"Hydro Impact Basin" aka a pool.

[@PianoTribe]

A SCIENCE pool.

[@bluejacketwarrior2457]

What kind of data are you guys getting from this that you haven't gotten from the test flight last year?

[@TheMoneypresident]

is this a episode of Gilligan's island?

[@010raymondf8]

What is the latest on mission to mars ?

[@ForrestKnight1]

+Joshua Kelm | You are wrong. SpaceX and NASA are working hand in hand on their journey to Mars. NASA estimates human landing on Mars in 2030. SpaceX estimates 2026. I'm not sure what math you grew up learning, but that would be 4 years, not 80.

[@thatgirlatnasa]

NASA's working with SpaceX, yes. They share lots of data and supplies. NASA isn't going to mars until 2030 because it doesn't know how to get back from Mars. SpaceX is going in the 2020's because they're not coming back. It's a one-way trip to Mars. NASA could go then too, but they'd rather come back to Earth and not sign up for a life on Mars.

[@densityduckk]

wheeeee!