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PavePusher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 12:56 AM
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Commercial space venture success!
Edited on Thu Dec-09-10 12:57 AM by PavePusher
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spacex-falcon9-dragon-capsule-first-launch-updates.html

"MISSION UPDATE: SPLASHDOWN! SpaceX's Dragon Splashes Down in the Pacific Ocean

SpaceX's unmanned Dragon spacecraft has officially completed its inaugural test flight, after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.

The spacecraft's targeted splashdown location is 500 miles (nearly 805 kilometers) west of the coast of Mexico. The capsule's drogue chutes were successfully deployed, followed by the vehicle's three main parachutes to slow the Dragon on descent."


More at link.



Edit: Oops, got scooped: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=228x74004
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 02:27 AM
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1. Not really
Edit: Oops, got scooped: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...


I covered the launch, you covered the splashdown. :hi:
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