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They made it to the station successfully!!

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...e-station?lite

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Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1888926)

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+1

Anyways, remember this day folks. From here on I expect to see another space race. This one for commercial ventures.

Just think, only a few years ago the first private space craft made its first flight into space.

Every time I look at the sky I will think of Scotty.

Damn Star Trek was awesome.

I am one to see things on the flip-side, and see private industry selling us 500$ hammers. (as usual)

Not saying the government was any better, but NASA did a great job.

Maybe stop bailing out capitalist companies (which is socialist) and fund NASA instead.

I would rather give my money to Nasa, than GM or Bank of America.

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Originally Posted by soopaman2 (Post 1889145)

Maybe stop bailing out capitalist companies (which is socialist) and fund NASA instead.

I would rather give my money to Nasa, than GM or Bank of America.

Neil deGrasse Tyson pointed out in a speech recently that the Wall Street bailout was a greater expenditure of government funds than NASA's budget...

...over its entire history.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk: 'Europe's rocket has no chance'

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Ariane 5 is extremely reliable and accurate, but it is also costly to produce.

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The Californian SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk has warned Europe it must replace its Ariane 5 rocket if it wants to keep up with his company.

The low prices the US entrepreneur is quoting for his new Falcon 9 vehicle mean it is winning contracts that in the past would have gone to Ariane.

Mr Musk said that the cost of producing the current European rocket would kill it as a commercial entity.

"Ariane 5 has no chance," he told BBC News.

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"I don't say that with a sense of bravado but there's really no way for that vehicle to compete with Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. If I were in the position of Ariane, I would really push for an Ariane 6."

Ariane's future will be a key topic this week for European Space Agency (Esa) member states.

They are meeting in Naples to determine the scope and funding of the organisation's projects in the next few years, and the status of their big rocket will be central to those discussions.

A tough market,to wait :hmmm:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20389148

Note: 19 November 2012 Last updated at 10:47 GMT

Space X Falcon 9, CRS-2 launch in ~4hrs

Pretty cool! Thanks for the links. :rock:

Damn! Missed the launch by 9 minutes! :/\\!!

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Originally Posted by Dowly (Post 2018026)

Damn! Missed the launch by 9 minutes! :/\\!!

Because you were with women, the price you pay :O:

Whoever missed that, it was awesome... I will watch every launch from now on. Pretty exciting!

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Originally Posted by Vendor (Post 2018029)

Because you were with women, the price you pay :O:

That wouldnt take nine minutes. :hmm2:

HEY! Who said that!? :stare:

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That wouldnt take nine minutes.

Thus, less time :D No one has said that you were with a woman just a natural thing to do,:)

They made it into orbit, but only one set of thrusters is working ATM. Hope they get it sorted soon.

http://news.msn.com/science-technolo...-space-station

It must be frustrating to be so rich and so smart and still have troubles you didn't think of ahead of time

SpaceX: Spacecraft crippled, but Musk optimistic it will recover

Los Angeles Times·16 hours ago
After a successful launch of its Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX has ran into a thruster issue with its Dragon cargo-carrying capsule as it orbits the Earth