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Platapus

12-08-10 08:36 PM

First commercial orbiting spacecraft

Most cooleo. :yeah:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/08/spa...ex.html?hpt=T2

A space-age first: A commercial craft returns from low-Earth orbit

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The first commercial spacecraft to return from a low-Earth orbit splashed into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday about 500 miles off the coast of Southern California.

The Dragon, a craft developed by the company SpaceX, was concluding a brief but possibly historic flight for the infant commercial space travel industry.

The vehicle hit the water shortly after 2 p.m. ET, a little more than three hours after liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida atop a Falcon 9 rocket.

Before splashing down, the Dragon orbited earth at more than 17,000 mph.

Only six nations or government agencies have recovered a spacecraft from a low orbit: the United States, Russia, China, Japan, India and the European Space Agency.

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Sounds like it made a little more than two orbits.

Just. plain. cool. :yeah:

Solace

12-08-10 08:40 PM

Awesome!

Gerald

12-08-10 08:46 PM

Excellent, :yep:

papa_smurf

12-09-10 11:15 AM

Wont be long before spaceports become as common as airports:yep:

Jimbuna

12-09-10 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by papa_smurf (Post 1550419)

Wont be long before spaceports become as common as airports:yep:

Too far off for us to witness I should think :hmmm:

SteamWake

12-09-10 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by papa_smurf (Post 1550419)

Wont be long before spaceports become as common as airports:yep:

I am still waiting on a flying car :O:

papa_smurf

12-09-10 11:45 AM

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Too far off for us to witness I should think :hmmm:

Might not be for me, i'm hoping to be still around when the first manned mission to Mars is launched.

Jimbuna

12-09-10 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by papa_smurf (Post 1550451)

Might not be for me, i'm hoping to be still around when the first manned mission to Mars is launched.

How old are you...6 months? :DL

TLAM Strike

12-09-10 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by papa_smurf (Post 1550451)

Might not be for me, i'm hoping to be still around when the first manned mission to Mars is launched.

We would be there right now if the Soviet Union didn't fall apart.

What do you think all those long endurance flights on Mir were training for? :03:

papa_smurf

12-09-10 02:36 PM

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How old are you...6 months? :DL

Cheeky monkey:O: (i'm 29 btw)

TarJak

12-09-10 03:20 PM

Meh, I'm waiting for the announcement of the building of the 1st space elevator. Then we don't need your stinking rockets.:D

razark

12-09-10 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak (Post 1550680)

Meh, I'm waiting for the announcement of the building of the 1st space elevator. Then we don't need your stinking rockets.

The elevator gets you in orbit. To go anywhere else, you still need the rockets.

TarJak

12-09-10 04:02 PM

True, but IIRC this thing was only about getting into orbit. Not going anywhere else.:O:

TLAM Strike

12-09-10 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak (Post 1550718)

True, but IIRC this thing was only about getting into orbit. Not going anywhere else.:O:

Once your are in orbit you are halfway to anywhere. ;)

razark

12-09-10 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak (Post 1550718)

True, but IIRC this thing was only about getting into orbit. Not going anywhere else.

Getting into orbit is what we've been doing for years. Since 1972.

It's time to do something different.

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