It looks alright yet, the "Crew" will link to the International Space Station exactly 5 hours from now.

But unlike cargo missions, this one is nail biting all the way until the moment the Dragon lands in sea on return trip. Can't really celebrate before success of return flight.

Haha that’s exactly what my wife said. She was like, why was I posting on Instagram and celebrating so early. What if they don’t return? ☠️

Honestly, no matter what you think about Elon Musk, you have to agree that this is amazing. They were using a booster that had been used in three prior orbital flights, and in addition the booster landed itself on a pad floating in the ocean, ready for another flight. Just 10 years ago, this whole launch would’ve been seen as impossible. People didn’t think that a private company could launch people to orbit, that they could reuse boosters multiple times, and that they could land the booster rockets in the ocean. In addition, Musk is claiming that the Crew Dragon capsule is also reusable, which cuts down costs hugely. It’s incredible.

I don't think the capsule is reusable...
Returning to the atmosphere is really, really, really damaging.

Reentry is even more dangerous than launch. Especially for a brand new vehicle like the crew dragon.

It was designed from the get go as reusable craft. Whether or not they will actually risk it and reuse it, remains to be seen.

Yeah he deserves some respect. And who cares if he has PR failures and he says some stupid shit on Twitter and makes some totally unrealistic promises and timelines.

I actually wish I had some of his wacky optimism and ambition.

It is. They reused the old Dragon capsules multiple times, and this one is planned to be reusable too. NASA’s own Orion capsules are designed to be reused up to 10 times I believe.