[ExI] SpaceX launch

Adrian Tymes atymes at gmail.com
Thu Dec 9 17:26:03 UTC 2010


First, get a private space station.

Until then, launching to what space station there is will have to suffice,
so far as the launcher end of things is concerned.

2010/12/9 Dan <dan_ust at yahoo.com>:
> Thanks for the update. It sounds like an all around success.
>
> What I'm really waiting to see is private launcher to a private space
> station -- not a private launcher that's merely another government
> contractor.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
> From: David Lubkin <lubkin at unreasonable.com>
> To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> Sent: Wed, December 8, 2010 4:54:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [ExI] SpaceX launch
>
> Dan wrote:
>
>> Yahoo says it splashed down and was recovered.
>
> I just watched the press conference with Musk et al on NASA TV. Everything
> worked
> better than they'd planned. 17 of 18 engines were fine, 1 burbled. 1 of 3
> chutes
> needed to land, but all worked. Wanted to land within 10 km of target, looks
> like it
> was 800 m. All comm systems worked. Landed within 50 seconds of pre-launch
> prediction. Heat shields designed for Mars or lunar re-entry; heated to 1%
> of capacity.
> Launched a micro-sat for the Army from the second stage (first Army launch
> in 50
> years). Flight would have been nominal for passengers -- max 5G. NASA said
> if this
> went well, they'd okay the next flight going to the ISS; Musk expects this
> will happen.
> Only downside is that they didn't get the first stage, but he says that
> wasn't a mission
> goal. Coming soon -- LEM-style landing on helipad, retaining the fallback to
> parachute.
>
> -- David.
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