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gizmodo.com - 9/29/2008
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After three failed attempts, one scattering of Scotty's ashes over the Pacific Ocean, and a few mid-air explosions, the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket has finally reached orbit. The achievement marks a major milestone for Elon Musk, whose visions of a privately-funded rocket program appeared just out ...
blog.wired.com - 9/30/2008
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blog.wired.com —
With a successful Falcon 1 launch under their
belt, SpaceX has set its sights on hauling cargo...
for NASA with the larger Falcon 9 rocket, transporting crews to the International Space Station in its Dragon capsule, and landing on the...
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Next for SpaceX: Falcon 9, NASA, Humans and the Moon?
science.slashdot.org - 9/29/2008
pointniner.com - 9/29/2008
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pointniner.com —
Well I guess SpaceX CEO Elon Musk won't
have to commit suicide after all. His company finally...
got their Falcon 1 rocket into orbit today following a successful launch from the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Defense Test Site on the Kwajalein ...
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SpaceX Falcon 1 Finally Makes It Into Orbit
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SpaceX Falcon 1 reaches orbit
SlashGear —
... they’ve done it now. This was a great step toward fully private launches. The really cool thing is that the rocket did not use any governmentally-developed hardware. This was all unique and original equipment.
Even more impressive, just 550 people helped make this Space X launch possible. When you get right down to it, that’s incredible. Falcon 1 is set to launch again for Malaysia and the Falcon 9, a larger rocket, is set to take flight by Q2 in 2009.
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