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http://www.nasa.gov/offices/
With the success of the SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon mission still fresh, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the flight "has really been better than I expected. It's actually almost too good."
The Falcon 9 lofted the Dragon capsule into orbit this morning at 10:43 a.m. EST, lifting off from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a few miles south of the space shuttle launch pads. The Dragon returned to Earth at about 2:02 p.m., safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean following two orbits. It marked the first time a commercial company has recovered a spacecraft from orbit.
"There's so much that can go wrong and it all went right," Musk said. "I'm sort of in semi-shock."
NASA officials also were very pleased with the mission's results.
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Some excitement for those close to the launch.
I missed the post-mission press conference.
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http://www.spaceref.com/news/
Success! SpaceX's Dragon Spacecraft Re-enters Successfully
SpaceX/NASA to Hold Post-Mission Press Conference at 3:30 PM EST
Cape Canaveral, FL - Today, SpaceX became the first commercial company in history to re-enter a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit.
SpaceX and NASA will have a post-mission press conference at 3:30 PM EST at the press site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Participants include:
* Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO and CTO
* Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX President
* Alan Lindenmoyer, NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Manager
Watch it live at www.nasa.gov/ntv
SpaceX launched its Dragon Spacecraft into low-Earth orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket at 10:43 AM EST from the Air Force Station at Cape Canaveral.
The Dragon spacecraft orbited the Earth at speeds greater than 17,000 miles per hour, reentered the Earth's atmosphere, and landed in the Pacific Ocean shortly after 2:00 PM EST.
This marks the first time a commercial company has successfully recovered a spacecraft reentering from low-Earth orbit. It is a feat performed by only six nations or government agencies: the United States, Russia, China, Japan, India, and the European Space Agency.
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Good information at X The Launch Pad with video of launch and links to YouTube Falcon 9 launch as well.
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http://thelaunchpad.xprize.
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SpaceX web site.
http://www.spacex.com/
Dragon Returns To Earth
Alright, now back to reading about Artificial Life (AL) and things I could send to the Moon that aren't human.
I wouldn't want to be politically incorrect, now would I.
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http://www.amazon.com/
Artificial Life II (Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity Proceedings)
Christopher G. Langton (Author), Charles Taylor (Author), J. Doyne Farmer (Author), Steen Rasmussen (Author)
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Elon Musk on Dragon's Success: "It's Just Mind-Blowingly Awesome."
Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:11:21 PM PSTWith the success of the SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon mission still fresh, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the flight "has really been better than I expected. It's actually almost too good."
The Falcon 9 lofted the Dragon capsule into orbit this morning at 10:43 a.m. EST, lifting off from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a few miles south of the space shuttle launch pads. The Dragon returned to Earth at about 2:02 p.m., safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean following two orbits. It marked the first time a commercial company has recovered a spacecraft from orbit.
"There's so much that can go wrong and it all went right," Musk said. "I'm sort of in semi-shock."
NASA officials also were very pleased with the mission's results.
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Some excitement for those close to the launch.
I missed the post-mission press conference.
- LRK -
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http://www.spaceref.com/news/
Success! SpaceX's Dragon Spacecraft Re-enters Successfully
- Source: SpaceX
- Posted Wednesday, December 8, 2010
SpaceX/NASA to Hold Post-Mission Press Conference at 3:30 PM EST
Cape Canaveral, FL - Today, SpaceX became the first commercial company in history to re-enter a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit.
SpaceX and NASA will have a post-mission press conference at 3:30 PM EST at the press site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Participants include:
* Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO and CTO
* Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX President
* Alan Lindenmoyer, NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Manager
Watch it live at www.nasa.gov/ntv
SpaceX launched its Dragon Spacecraft into low-Earth orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket at 10:43 AM EST from the Air Force Station at Cape Canaveral.
The Dragon spacecraft orbited the Earth at speeds greater than 17,000 miles per hour, reentered the Earth's atmosphere, and landed in the Pacific Ocean shortly after 2:00 PM EST.
This marks the first time a commercial company has successfully recovered a spacecraft reentering from low-Earth orbit. It is a feat performed by only six nations or government agencies: the United States, Russia, China, Japan, India, and the European Space Agency.
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Good information at X The Launch Pad with video of launch and links to YouTube Falcon 9 launch as well.
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http://thelaunchpad.xprize.
12/08/2010 09:52:00 AM
We love the sound of rockets in the morning!
I feel alright about taking some liberties with Lt. Col.'s famous quote because, well, it's just so darn true.
In case you haven't heard, there's a Dragon above our heads now, at least for a little while. A few hours ago (at about 7:45 Pacific time), Space Exploration Technologies--more commonly known as SpaceX--achieved the successful launch of their second Falcon 9 rocket, and the first launch of their reusable Dragon spacecraft. Maiden voyages in the space exploration business don't come with terribly good statistics, and second launches are not all that much better, so all of us here at X PRIZE headquarters were doing our best to keep our expectations realistic--reading Alan Stern's instant classic OpEd on the issue was immensely helpful--but in the end, that appears not to have been necessary. From everything we could tell, today's launch was a complete success. And although the Dragon capsule's mission won't be complete until a few hours from now when (knock on digital wood) she splashes back down and is successfully recovered, we can already say that the Dragon portion of the mission was at minimum a partial success. It's amazing to note that that would (will!) be the first time a commercial entity ever successfully re-entered a resuable vehicle from orbit.
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You may also want to watch this video, which, although it isn't in HD, does continue all the way through to onboard footage of the stage separation and Dragon deployment (it's also got a little bit better rockety sound at launch).
http://www.youtube.com/user/
We love the sound of rockets in the morning!
I feel alright about taking some liberties with Lt. Col.'s famous quote because, well, it's just so darn true.
In case you haven't heard, there's a Dragon above our heads now, at least for a little while. A few hours ago (at about 7:45 Pacific time), Space Exploration Technologies--more commonly known as SpaceX--achieved the successful launch of their second Falcon 9 rocket, and the first launch of their reusable Dragon spacecraft. Maiden voyages in the space exploration business don't come with terribly good statistics, and second launches are not all that much better, so all of us here at X PRIZE headquarters were doing our best to keep our expectations realistic--reading Alan Stern's instant classic OpEd on the issue was immensely helpful--but in the end, that appears not to have been necessary. From everything we could tell, today's launch was a complete success. And although the Dragon capsule's mission won't be complete until a few hours from now when (knock on digital wood) she splashes back down and is successfully recovered, we can already say that the Dragon portion of the mission was at minimum a partial success. It's amazing to note that that would (will!) be the first time a commercial entity ever successfully re-entered a resuable vehicle from orbit.
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You may also want to watch this video, which, although it isn't in HD, does continue all the way through to onboard footage of the stage separation and Dragon deployment (it's also got a little bit better rockety sound at launch).
http://www.youtube.com/user/
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SpaceX web site.
http://www.spacex.com/
Dragon Returns To Earth
Alright, now back to reading about Artificial Life (AL) and things I could send to the Moon that aren't human.
I wouldn't want to be politically incorrect, now would I.
- LRK -
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http://www.amazon.com/
Artificial Life II (Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity Proceedings)
Christopher G. Langton (Author), Charles Taylor (Author), J. Doyne Farmer (Author), Steen Rasmussen (Author)
Product Description
Artificial life is a new field of scientific inquiry that studies biology by attempting to synthesize such biological phenomena as life, evolution, and ecological dynamics within computers and other "artificial" media. In addition to uncovering new ways to study life as we know it, a life extends research to the larger domain of life as it could be, whatever it might be made of and wherever it might be found in the universe.This proceedings volume, based on the second artificial life workshop held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1990, reflects the evolution and horizons of this rich field of study, and builds on the proceedings of the seminal first workshop, held at Los Alamos in 1987 (also available from Addison Wesley). This compendium includes more than 30 papers spanning the spectrum of a-life research, from studies of the origin of life to models of complex systems.
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