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SpaceX Successful Static Fire

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the to-infinity-and-beyond dept.

ron_ivi writes "SpaceX's website is announced that they had a " great static fire today" where their Falcon rocket successfully had 3 seconds of thrust. Nice pictures and video of the test; and if analysis shows all was well, they'll be launching Thursday."

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  1. Sure way to burn bandwidth by cyberfunk2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Post a streaming video and picture link on slashdot.... I predict that it'll go dark quick... Oh, wait, it's Akamai hosted.. this should be fun !

  2. Video? by MrEcho.net · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Video working for anyone?
    Or could someone mirror it?

  3. More Delays!? by speedplane · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    SpaceX has delayed this launch for about two years now. It has filled its followers with false hope that commericialization of space is just around the corner.
    You may not have noticed but on there website it says that they're delaying it again from Thursday to Friday.

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