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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Successfully Reaches Orbit

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday May 22, 2012 @12:35AM from the now-to-build-a-moon-base dept.

terrymaster69 writes "After an aborted launch attempt last week, SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon9 rocket Tuesday at 3:44 am EST. SpaceX's founder Elon Musk tweeted: 'Falcon flew perfectly!! Dragon in orbit, comm locked and solar arrays active!! Feels like a giant weight just came off my back :)' The Dragon capsule is scheduled to dock with the ISS on May 25th."

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Re:Welcome back to Space, America! by crazyjj · 2012-05-22 01:23 · Score: 0, Flamebait

We're back, baby!
No offense, but we're not even back to 1969.

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Not all private ventures are for-proft by brokeninside · 2012-05-22 02:33 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Between the Mormons and the Catholics, I think there will be plenty of motivation for the sort of deep space exploration that for-profit concerns may not be interested in.