Sunday, November 27, 2005
FALCON STAYS ON THE PERCH
SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket stayed on the pad this weekend. The problem was flow of liquid oxygen in the launch pad's plumbing, which couldn't be remdied in time to avoid a cascade of other problems. As SpaceX's founder, Elon Musk said, "the likelihood of an all new rocket launching from an all new launch pad on its first attempt is low." He's right. Even though the Falcon system has been designed to be an order of magnitude simpler and therefore less costly than eisting legacy boosters, these folks are literally building from scratch, including the launch facility on a remote speck of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
These people have real courage and vision. They won't be deterred by this sort of thing. They know that they are the real hope for expansion of humanity off this rock.
GB, THHotA
posted by Greg 9:03 AM
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