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Joshua Dobbs put his aerospace engineering stage to apt use as he watched Saturday’s launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
The Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback shared a video from the scene:
Josh Dobbs @josh_dobbs1
Mission Success! On the present time, American citizens return to dwelling from FL’s Dwelling Hover for 1st time in 9 yrs. What a huge honor to had been here. A cohesive team can enact one thing! Congrats to @nasa, @spacex, @nasakennedy & all fascinated with right this moment time’s historic mission. Godspeed!?? https://t.co/AN9FE3guDj
Dobbs labored at NASA for almost three weeks in February by the NFL Gamers Affiliation’s externship. He contributed to Exploration Floor Methods, which helps with the meeting and transportation of rockets at the Kennedy Dwelling Middle in Merritt Island, Florida.
All the intention by his time there, he got a firsthand search at the work being done for the launch.
In an interview with NBC Sports’ Peter King, he said his experience supplied an added layer of excitement for Saturday:
“I truly felt the nervousness searching at the countdown, provocative what those astronauts contain long passed by to gather to this moment. Being in a local to search the teamwork fascinated with preparation for this launch became impossible for me. It be so worthy love a soccer team—you search how all people doing their job suits collectively and makes one thing big happen. That is what I truly appreciated in regards to the experience.”
As he looks toward the 2020 NFL season, Dobbs would possibly possibly well well even get sending astronauts into dwelling to be a more supreme process than getting the Jaguars into the playoffs. The 25-twelve months-old trend is slated to compete with Mike Glennon and rookie Jake Luton to back up starting quarterback Gardner Minshew II.
The Jaguars sat 32nd in Bleacher Document’s most most contemporary NFL vitality rankings.
