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2nd SpaceX Demo Flight Slated For Feb. 7

Posted by timothy on from the makes-me-grin dept.

TheNextCorner writes with the news that "Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)'s second Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration flight will be Feb. 7, 2012. Pending completion of final safety reviews, testing and verification, NASA also has agreed to allow SpaceX to send its Dragon spacecraft to rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) in a single flight." Update: 12/10 06:41 GMT by T : Reader BenJCarter adds a link to an L.A. Times article on the ISS rendezvous (with a great photo).

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  1. Commerce in space! by BenJCarter · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Let's hope it makes spaceflight affordable b4 I am too old to launch...

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    For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. - Publius
  2. Apollo 1 by trawg · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Great post. Never forget that if the USA had given up after Apollo 1, you guess would never have gotten to the moon. Make them heroes to inspire, not cautionary tales to scare children and deter them from a lifetime of trying.