Comments on: SpaceX Falcon 1 Makes History This Evening: Earth Orbit Achieved On Fourth Attempt

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By: Elon Musk At Web 2.0: Cars, Space, Energy | RateJamaica

Elon Musk At Web 2.0: Cars, Space, Energy | RateJamaica — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:13:18 +0000

[...] nothing. Still, there will be lots to talk about. In September SpaceX put a Falcon rocket into Earth orbit, the first privately developed launch vehicle to reach earth orbit from the ground. More recently, [...]

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By: Elon Musk At Web 2.0

Elon Musk At Web 2.0 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:00:14 +0000

[...] will be lots to talk about. In September SpaceX put a Falcon rocket into Earth orbit, the first privately developed launch vehicle to reach earth orbit from the ground. More recently, [...]

By: Annonymous Coward

Annonymous Coward — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:57:23 +0000

Ah quit blowin’ hoops!

Just because some rich guy who was associated with paypal dumped some money into this does not make it tech news!

Quote :

“reflect the spirit of high tech entpreneurship…”

Anyone can have the “spirit” of entrepreneurship. Still doesn’t make it Tech news.

@Arrington:

The more you generalise this place the more you move away from what Techcrunch actually is.

There are enough “general” news companies/sites around. Focus.

By: 8th Continent Project

8th Continent Project — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:17:18 +0000

We’re really excited about this big step for the privatized space industry. I try to update my blog regularly with space commerce news so check it out if you’re wanting a resource for similar stories.

By: Ben Fremer

Ben Fremer — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:03:24 +0000

I think this is a great example of how selling your company doesn’t mean the end.

By: SpaceX Becomes First Private Company to Achieve Earth Orbit « Space 2.0 Blog

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:02:48 +0000

[...] Please see TechCrunch for more information as well as a video of the launch here: [...]

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KOPN Tech Radio » Blog Archive » News Bytes for 9/29/2008 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:49:55 +0000

[...] SpaceX Falcon 1 makes history, achieving orbit on fourth attempt [...]

By: Tony Edward

Tony Edward — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:05:30 +0000

amazing!

http://gatesand...s.blogspot.com/

By: linsey

linsey — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:30:55 +0000

This is stunning news – a genuine historic moment. This takes orbital spaceflight into a new democratic era, away from the control of states and into the hands of private individuals. Elon Musk has demonstrated that this is possible, and for a tiny fraction of what the bloated old dinosaurs and their cost plus scams routinely spend on individual missions. A whole development programme for less than a shuttle launch! Way to go!

By: joe

joe — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:53:40 +0000

ONE MINUTE VERSION OF THE FLIGHT:
9 minutes is way too long!

http://www.yout...h?v=kMAcl-N5l0w

By: curious

curious — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:42:35 +0000

I wonder, in what functional respects does this device differ from an ICBM?

By: william kasel

william kasel — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:29:14 +0000

this is a crazy trifecta of connections — think about it Elon Musk, tesla motors, AND space x. This guy will be the richest guy in the world when this all pans out.

By: Josh Atkins

Josh Atkins — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:21:54 +0000

..the boundary to space being the Kármán line, at 100 km (62 mi) altitude. http://en.wikip...i/Kármán_line

By: Josh Atkins

Josh Atkins — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:20:24 +0000

Short answer: in the ocean.

Slightly longer answer: Stage separation occurs just three seconds before passing the boundary to space. Whilst reentry effects typically become noticable around 120 km (400k ft), the first stage (Merlin 1C engine) would no doubt be broken up to a significant degree. The location in which it lands, is, if I’m correct, the spacecraft cemetery (http://en.wikip...ecraft_cemetery), which is well out of the way of any civilization and is deemed safe to dump space junk into. It’s where we shoved Skylab, Mir, etc., etc.

A good place to find relics, perhaps, but don’t swim there when a launch is going ahead.

Anyway, congrats SpaceX!

By: Johan

Johan — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:59:45 +0000

This is absolutely amazing. STUNNING. GO SPACEX!

By: Diesel Station

Diesel Station — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:18:12 +0000

Finally, SpaceX is in the market. It would get lot of business from Nasa eventually after the shuttle retires in 2010. Diesel Station Car Pictures

By: giafly

giafly — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:06:45 +0000

Why stop at the moon? If we gave SpaceX $700 billion, instead of wasting it on a load of bankers, I bet they could build a fleet of starships.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:01:25 +0000

Very exciting. I wonder if/when the propeller-heads at JPL, etc., will move en masse to SpaceX…

By: bov

bov — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:46:22 +0000

Soon it will be “can we go to the moon this year?”
Great piece of news and well done to the SpaceX team.

By: Income Tax India

Income Tax India — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:24:06 +0000

I agree !!

By: ironyjk's me2DAY

ironyjk's me2DAY — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:16:27 +0000

iron의 느낌…

민간기업이 최초로 궤도에 올린 로켓….

By: RahulC

RahulC — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:49:32 +0000

Soon in the future… my daughter might ask “Dad can I spend Christmas this year in SPACE ?”

Its interesting to see how we are moving forward by leaps and bounds

By: Alaskan Carnivore

Alaskan Carnivore — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:58:14 +0000

God bless America