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SpaceX Launches Falcon 1

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the up-up-and-away dept.

ron_ivi writes "SpaceX has successfully launched it's first Falcon 1 rocket from the Kwajalein atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean today carrying a satellite for U.S. Air Force Academy that was originally scheduled to fly on the Space Shuttle Atlantis."

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  1. Wow. by angst_ridden_hipster · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's pretty durn spectacular.

    Someone wanted first-post so badly that they submitted the story before the story happened.

    Then the Slashdot "editors" happily posted it, without checking anything at all.

    News for nerds? Stuff that may or may not be remotely real?

    I guess I'll go back to relying on random made-up rumors for my news, 'cause I ain't gettin' it here.

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