blog.wired.com - 10/2/2008
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With a successful Falcon 1 launch under their belt, all eyes are now on the SpaceX team and the larger Falcon 9 rocket scheduled to be shipped to Cape Canaveral, Florida, late this year to prep for its NASA cargo flights.
Falcon 9 has nine Merlin rocket engines to Falcon 1's one, ...
warrenellis.com - 9/29/2008
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warrenellis.com —
SpaceX finally got their Falcon 1 vehicle to
orbit. And they had a camera mounted on the
vehicle, capturing the whole thing in a wonderful video:
(more)
Finally Falcon
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Posthuman Blues —
More interesting news on the private space flight front: Next for SpaceX: Falcon 9, NASA, Humans and the Moon? With a successful Falcon 1 launch under their belt, SpaceX has set its sights on hauling cargo for NASA with the larger Falcon 9 rocket, transporting crews to the International Space Station in its Dragon capsule, and landing on the Moon with a modified Falcon 1 rocket.
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