SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 Rocket

Posted by Soulskill on Friday June 4, 2010 @08:09AM from the how-much-for-a-ride dept.

leetrout writes "SpaceX has successfully launched a two-stage rocket, the Falcon 9, into Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 'Liftoff came after hours of delay, sparked initially by launchpad telemetry problems, then by a sailboat that strayed into a restricted area of the launch range. The day's first countdown was aborted at virtually the last second, due to a problem with the engine parameters, but the launch software was adjusted and a second countdown went all the way to the end.'" Update: 06/04 20:16 GMT by S : Reader mrcaseyj points out Spaceflight Now's coverage, which includes a number of pictures from the launch.

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Re:Shoes for Industry! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-06-04 12:18 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Hey, what gives, you forgot to mention that the government should no longer require grant and contract winners to not discriminate based on race!
Oh right, that's because you didn't write it. I guess I was silly to think a racist crazy couldn't copy-paste a good idea now and again.