[ExI] FW: SpaceX achieves orbit!

spike spike66 at att.net
Tue Sep 30 04:20:35 UTC 2008


 
Subject: SpaceX achieves orbit!

Paypal founder Elon Musk's SpaceX has achieved orbit yesterday with a
privately developed vehicle.  This video gives a good idea of what it takes
to get up to orbit velocity:
 
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/space-x-did-it.html
 
This with only 550 employees.    Hearty congratulations, this is long
overdue. 
 
spike   
	




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