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SpaceX schedules its maiden rocket launch
msnbc.com ^
| 11/18/05
| Tariq Malik
Posted on 11/19/2005 8:52:04 AM PST by KevinDavis
The private launch firm SpaceX will loft its Falcon 1 rocket on Nov. 25, marking the booster’s maiden flight and hopefully the first of many space shots to come, the company’s chief said Friday.
Elon Musk, founder and chief executive officer of the El Segundo, Calif.-based SpaceX, said his firm’s first Falcon 1 rocket will lift off from its equatorial launch site at 4 p.m. ET on a mission to orbit a small U.S. Air Force Academy satellite.
“I actually don’t feel nervous, I feel relief,” Musk told reporters during a press conference. “No matter what happens next week, this is something that is the first steppingstone in reducing the cost of access to space.”
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: satellites; space; spacex
Well I wish the best of luck to SpaceX.. There will be a live thread of the launch...
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; sionnsar; anymouse; RadioAstronomer; NonZeroSum; jimkress; ...
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posted on
11/19/2005 8:52:31 AM PST
by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: KevinDavis
Air Force Academy satellite?
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posted on
11/19/2005 9:03:25 AM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: KevinDavis
Thanks for the blurb Kevin. It will be interesting to see how they do. I wish them luck also.
To: Dog Gone
Interesting:
a student-built satellite to measure space plasma’s effect on Global Positioning System satellites and other space-based communications systems, according to the U.S. Air Force Academy
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posted on
11/19/2005 9:05:26 AM PST
by
andyk
(Fear my strategery of misunderestimation.)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
11/19/2005 9:05:37 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(Evolution is a myth -- Libertarians just won't evolve into Conservatives.)
To: andyk
Well, I'll be. I had no idea the Air Force Academy taught satellite construction. I thought they trained Air Force officers.
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posted on
11/19/2005 9:09:02 AM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: Dog Gone
Well, I'll be. I had no idea the Air Force Academy taught satellite construction. I thought they trained Air Force officers. The academies are also engineering schools, and satellites are a helluva senior project.
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posted on
11/19/2005 9:13:17 AM PST
by
adx
(Why's it called "tourist season" if you ain't allowed to shoot 'em?)
To: adx
I guess I won't brag about the mini-catapault I built. Especially since it didn't work worth a darn.
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posted on
11/19/2005 9:16:17 AM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: KevinDavis
Musk, who also co-founded the electronic payment service PayPal, founded SpaceX — short for Space Exploration Technologies — in 2002 to offer low-cost commercial space launches. Cool, maybe someday I can buy a Merlin engine on E-Bay!
To: All
Update: The launch time is 4pm est. However, the webcast will only be able to the press only...
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posted on
11/19/2005 9:47:07 AM PST
by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: adx
I am the sponsor of the Cadet Program Manager. We are real proud of him and his fellow cadets!
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posted on
11/19/2005 10:30:03 AM PST
by
LiteKeeper
(Beware the secularization of America)
To: Dog Gone
Air Force Academy satellite? Well one just has to follow recent news to know that it will be a satellite meant to force Christianity on others.
/sarcasm
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posted on
11/19/2005 10:34:39 AM PST
by
feedback doctor
(Liberalism is like a religion - islam)
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