[NonValueAdded]

Brevard County, Florida ping.

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(not associated with the county government)

[JRandomFreeper]

Has Boeing flown any hardware yet? I know SpaceX sent a spacecraft to the ISS and docked with it and returned it safely.

/johnny

[Southack]

"The next time that American astronauts launch to space from American soil it will surely be ..."

...on board Burt Rutan's SpaceshipTwo.

"Space" and "Orbiting" are two different things.

[GeorgeWashingtonsGhost]

I like this better:

[BwanaNdege]

While reading this article, I was afraid that they were going to cancel the Orion program. However, it looks like Orion is scheduled for a Sept 2014 launch. One of our daughters is a systems engineer on the Orion team.

http://www.universetoday.com/100533/orion-capsule-accelerating-to-2014-launch-and-eventual-asteroid-exploration/

(puff out chest, name drop, put on “Proud Papa” t-shirt, etc, etc.)

[Regulator]

The Dream Chaser is a good design.

Too bad the Turkish Muslim Ozmen couple ended up owning it, and that it has to be launched on a rocket that depends on Vlad Putin’s RD-180.

[Paradox]

IIRC, the Atlas V is not man rated. I’m sure Boeing is working on that as well.

[Mamzelle]

Why. Go. To. LEO. At. All?

[Rembrandt]

One day soon, there will be a Seven Eleven in orbit selling garbage to astronauts. “Hey buddy, lotto is 80 million parsniks this week! Wanna ticket with that latte and 12 pack?”

[GOP Poet]

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