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To: Lizarde

Thanks for your words of confidence. LOL.

I would just like to find some other info that sorta verifies what I heard.

I too, am doubtful I will hear another word mentioned about this.


50 posted on 11/28/2005 5:36:12 AM PST by texianyankee
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To: texianyankee

California firm set to launch rocket


The Associated Press

Article Published: 11/28/05, 2:55 am

A fledgling El Segundo, Calif., firm that hopes to revolutionize aerospace by sending satellites into orbit cheaply is scheduled to launch its first payload from a remote base in the Marshall Islands.

Initially slated for Friday, the launch of the Falcon 1 rocket was postponed to avoid conflicts with a missile defense test at the request of the U.S. Army, which owns the launch pad on Omelek Island in the Pacific, said a spokeswoman for the rocket maker, Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

The launch will be critical for Elon Musk, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur who has risked much of his fortune on the idea of developing reliable rockets that cost a fraction of the going rate for satellite launchers.

Musk has spent $100 million of his own money to develop the rocket.

Source: http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051128/BUSINESS/511280304/1003

One problem, the Marshall Islands are 5000 miles from LA.


57 posted on 11/28/2005 5:43:06 AM PST by Quilla
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To: texianyankee

see post #21 he/she heard it also!


66 posted on 11/28/2005 5:55:14 AM PST by SweetCaroline (What shall it profit a person if they gain a million dollars, but looses their soul?)
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To: texianyankee

I heard this report on WMAL, 630 AM in Washington DC this morning. I was in the car from 6:15 a.m. until about 8:15, and it was on once during that time. WMAL carries ABC news.


218 posted on 11/28/2005 11:52:06 AM PST by Blue Eyes (I love Lucy. How 'bout you? Do you love Lucy, too?)
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To: texianyankee
I would just like to find some other info that sorta verifies what I heard.

I haven't read through all the posts on this thread yet (so this might be old news) but I heard exactly the same report this morning on WBZ in Boston at around 7:30.

370 posted on 11/29/2005 7:02:16 PM PST by Plexi
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