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Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 11:25 am
by Bicoastalwave
“ NASA has picked the afternoon of May 27 to launch the next step in America's space mission. That afternoon, if the schedule holds, will see the first manned mission to the International Space Station launched from American soil since the Space Shuttle program ended in 2011.

When the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule launches, it will also mark the first time a spacecraft built by a private company will take men into space. The commander is Col. Doug Hurley, who has a special connection to New Orleans, as a Tulane University graduate.”

“ Doug Hurley’s path to space really got a huge boost in New Orleans in 1988, when he graduated from Tulane University with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering magna cum laude. But he was also in Tulane’s Naval ROTC program. That led him to joining the Marines, becoming a fighter pilot, a test pilot and 20 years ago, an astronaut.”


https://www.wwltv.com/mobile/article/te ... 89e8cf704e

Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 1:21 pm
by DfromCT
Bicoastalwave wrote: Fri May 22, 2020 11:25 am “ NASA has picked the afternoon of May 27 to launch the next step in America's space mission. That afternoon, if the schedule holds, will see the first manned mission to the International Space Station launched from American soil since the Space Shuttle program ended in 2011.

When the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule launches, it will also mark the first time a spacecraft built by a private company will take men into space. The commander is Col. Doug Hurley, who has a special connection to New Orleans, as a Tulane University graduate.”

“ Doug Hurley’s path to space really got a huge boost in New Orleans in 1988, when he graduated from Tulane University with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering magna cum laude. But he was also in Tulane’s Naval ROTC program. That led him to joining the Marines, becoming a fighter pilot, a test pilot and 20 years ago, an astronaut.”


https://www.wwltv.com/mobile/article/te ... 89e8cf704e
Very cool. Safe travels, Doug!

Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 1:29 pm
by anEngineer
Remember when Tulane had a full engineering program? What a strange thing to have at a major national university!!!

Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 1:47 pm
by DfromCT
anEngineer wrote: Fri May 22, 2020 1:29 pm Remember when Tulane had a full engineering program? What a strange thing to have at a major national university!!!
And when did Cowen close it down??

Perhaps in the time that New Orleans most needed engineers?

Sorry to bring the venom of Cowen back into this. I just wish the University would distance from Mr. Cowen. Those were not anything close to resembling "heyday" years.

Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 7:42 pm
by mbawavefan12
DfromCT wrote: Fri May 22, 2020 1:47 pm
anEngineer wrote: Fri May 22, 2020 1:29 pm Remember when Tulane had a full engineering program? What a strange thing to have at a major national university!!!
And when did Cowen close it down??

Perhaps in the time that New Orleans most needed engineers?

Sorry to bring the venom of Cowen back into this. I just wish the University would distance from Mr. Cowen. Those were not anything close to resembling "heyday" years.
Let’s shudder civil engineering after perhaps the worst civil engineering disaster, seems reasonable.
FYI, Of course, I may be biased as I have a degree in Civil Engineering.

Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 8:19 pm
by tpstulane

Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 11:43 pm
by IM42lane
Wasn't Col. Hurley the CO on the very last space shuttle mission?

Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 10:53 am
by Bicoastalwave
The most intelligent folks I knew at Tulane were in the engineering program. Kind of insane and amazing Cowen was allowed to give it the axe. What will it take to bring it back ? It seems like there are many successful Engineering Alums, many of whom are fiercely loyal. Seems like it should be a priority to restore.

Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 5:44 pm
by RobertM320
IM42lane wrote: Fri May 22, 2020 11:43 pm Wasn't Col. Hurley the CO on the very last space shuttle mission?
I'll give you half credit. He was the pilot, but not the Commander


https://www.space.com/12195-space-shutt ... nauts.html

Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 10:24 am
by golfnut69
RobertM320 wrote: Sat May 23, 2020 5:44 pm
IM42lane wrote: Fri May 22, 2020 11:43 pm Wasn't Col. Hurley the CO on the very last space shuttle mission?
I'll give you half credit. He was the pilot, but not the Commander


https://www.space.com/12195-space-shutt ... nauts.html
I put my faith in the pilot flying the plane, not some commander of the flite attendants

Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 10:59 am
by ajcalhoun
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Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 12:37 pm
by NOLABigSteve

Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 1:07 pm
by DfromCT
BigSteve, that's compelling video. Thanks for sharing, I'll check back closer to 4 PM EDT.

Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 1:16 pm
by GreenLantern
Godspeed Captain Hurley!

Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 5:02 pm
by bbos1
I am not sure that I totally agree with Bicoastal Wave's blanket statement about the most intelligent students at Tulane. I can think of some extremely intelligent premed students that frequently surpassed the engineering students in chemistry, calculus and physics. I am not downplaying the intelligence of the engineering students but there were plenty other very intelligent students at Tulane who were not studying engineering. Just saying

Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 5:36 pm
by Bicoastalwave
bbos1 wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 5:02 pm I am not sure that I totally agree with Bicoastal Wave's blanket statement about the most intelligent students at Tulane. I can think of some extremely intelligent premed students that frequently surpassed the engineering students in chemistry, calculus and physics. I am not downplaying the intelligence of the engineering students but there were plenty other very intelligent students at Tulane who were not studying engineering. Just saying
I don’t disagree. I was speaking anecdotally about my experience and some of the people I knew at Tulane. I also knew brilliant premed, law, architecture, etc folks.

Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 6:29 pm
by McWave
So, anyone hear the BR media refer to Astronaut Hurley as “former Tulane”...

Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 6:50 pm
by squilz
Surely a civil engineering program in New Orleans would attract bright minds, both in faculty and prospective undergrads and grad students. It seems like a no brainer that Tulane, in New Orleans, would offer such a program. Major props to Colonel Hurley. Space X had an unmanned rocket launch explode just yesterday. I would've been terrified

Re: Tulane Grad leads first Space X mission to ISS

Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 7:05 pm
by golfnut69
squilz wrote: Sat May 30, 2020 6:50 pm Surely a civil engineering program in New Orleans would attract bright minds, both in faculty and prospective undergrads and grad students. It seems like a no brainer that Tulane, in New Orleans, would offer such a program. Major props to Colonel Hurley. Space X had an unmanned rocket launch explode just yesterday. I would've been terrified
The rocket that exploded, was an experimental proptype, nothing like the one used in the Launch.....