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SpaceX Developing Orbital Crew Capsule

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fly-me-to-the-moon dept.

iamlucky13 writes "Private aerospace firm SpaceX has revealed that it has secretly been working on a crew and cargo vehicle since late 2004. Development of the capsule, named Dragon, has so far been funded by SpaceX and its partners, which includes the Canadian company that built the robotic arm for the International Space Station. Dragon would be launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 and dock at the ISS with assistance of the robotic arm. While SpaceX founder Elon Musk is prepared to complete development of the capsule with his own resources, SpaceX is seeking funding from NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program, which makes up to $500 million available through 2010 for private spacecraft development."

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  1. mmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    orbiting corpses...

  2. Re:HONEY GOT BLOODY SO I HIT HER IN THE SHITTER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Aww, look whose sig blew away in the wind.

  3. Failzor5! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fear the reap3r

  4. Yes but by bunbuntheminilop · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    does it run linux?

  5. Boring story, here's a better one by amightywind · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So Elon Musk flaps his gums about what he's going to do, and its news? He should probably be concerned about the sorry state of Falcon. Then again he founded Paypal. Now there're some space credentials.

    If you are looking for an interesting space story try this. I submitted the story but the slashdot priests rejected it. Maybe musk should use his billions and buy this thing.

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    an ill wind that blows no good