Falcon 1, The World's Lowest Cost Rocket to Orbit |
Falcon 1, The World's Lowest Cost Rocket to Orbit |
Nov 19 2005, 06:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but here goes:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=18353 http://www.spacex.com/ Looking forward to launch videos... -------------------- |
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Mar 24 2006, 10:38 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 16-March 05 From: Clay County, Indiana, USA Member No.: 199 |
Are you sure it wasn't just normal rotation, Doug? I think the video feed cut out for all.
Argh! |
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Mar 24 2006, 10:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 163 Joined: 16-March 05 From: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 201 |
Are you sure it wasn't just normal rotation, Doug? I think the video feed cut out for all. Argh! These guys seem to have inside scoop.. crossing fingers all is well edit: they just said they lost the vehicle..bummer |
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Mar 24 2006, 10:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
These guys seem to have inside scoop.. crossing fingers all is well edit: they just said they lost the vehicle..bummer From Spaceflightnow.com: 2239 GMT (5:39 p.m. EST) FAILURE. The maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 1 has ended in disaster moments after blasting off from Omelek Island in the Central Pacific today. No further details are available at this point. 2238 GMT (5:38 p.m. EST) "We did lose the vehicle," says Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX vice president of business development. 2236 GMT (5:36 p.m. EST) Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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