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17th April 2012, 12:28 PM
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Yanks prepare to open the era of private-sector space flight
The rapidly expanding SpaceX company employs 2000 people, including nearly 900 scientists and engineers. It secured initial funding from Silicon Valley.
*** SpaceX's Dragon ship set for station visit Jonathan Amos 16th April 2012 BBC News The first cargo resupply mission to the space station to be carried out by a commercial operator is likely to be on 30 April, the US space agency says. The flight of the unmanned Dragon freighter is supposed to be just a demonstration, but its success would mark a new era in spaceflight. Nasa is keen to hand off routine space transportation to the private sector - for both cargo and crew. The upcoming mission will be performed by the SpaceX company of California. [...] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17732480 |
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17th April 2012, 2:04 PM
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looks cool, I will be watching this
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17th April 2012, 7:05 PM
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Working link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17732480
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27th April 2012, 2:06 PM
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NET launch date is May 7th now.
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19th May 2012, 1:35 PM
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SpaceX Launch today. Live action starts online at UTC 0815 that is 1615 WST and 1815 AEST.
http://www.spacex.com/updates.php Maybe a Mod could chuck this on the news page perhaps. I'm sure a few of the OCAU community would be interested 
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19th May 2012, 3:11 PM
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3 hours 50 mins til launch.
  
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19th May 2012, 5:52 PM
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19th May 2012, 6:00 PM
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19th May 2012, 6:16 PM
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webcast is now live.
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19th May 2012, 6:26 PM
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The blonde is fairly decent looking, lol
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19th May 2012, 6:39 PM
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That guy's moustache is a bit scary.
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 but yeah he does look a bit suss eh  pretty sure hes there to clean ze pool srsly though, this is pretty awesome... mjpopcorn.jpg beam me up scotty http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/spa...1#.T7ddSkXrpB0
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19th May 2012, 6:56 PM
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rofl owned
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19th May 2012, 6:56 PM
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Something's gone wrong..
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19th May 2012, 6:56 PM
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DOH!
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