SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 Rocket

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.

Comments

Re:Most important launch in decades

[khallow]

You want to explore? Explore the workings of a cell. I think you'll find it immensely more challenging than Space Nuttery, and much more rewarding.

Because we have only 6.8 billion people, we can only do one thing at a time. Today it's the "workings of a cell". Tomorrow, toilet paper recycling.

Re:Shoes for Industry!

[IrquiM]

TLDR!

Re:Does the last Atlantis pilot read /. ?

[blair1q]

One word: Tailhook.