Comments on: Falcon 9 has cleared the tower https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/falcon-9-has-cleared-the-tower/ Tue, 22 May 2012 16:11:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Chris Kirkendall https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/falcon-9-has-cleared-the-tower/#comment-51011 Tue, 22 May 2012 16:11:54 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=17228#comment-51011 This is great news – let’s hope the rest of the mission goes as well as launch, orbit & sloar panel deployment. If this demo flight & subsequent ISS deliveries continue to go well, maybe it won’t be all that long before we’ll be launching our own astronauts on Falcon/Dragon & not having to rely on Soyuz…

]]> By: Craig Beasley https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/falcon-9-has-cleared-the-tower/#comment-51004 Tue, 22 May 2012 13:40:22 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=17228#comment-51004 In reply to Patrick Ritchie.

Hmm. I understand what Mr. O’Brien is meaning to convey, but comparing two components of our space industry to two drugs, one of which is illegal, that seems unwise. YMMV.

]]> By: Patrick Ritchie https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/falcon-9-has-cleared-the-tower/#comment-50998 Tue, 22 May 2012 12:39:57 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=17228#comment-50998 Terrific launch. the cheers from Spacex HQ in Hawthorne when the solar panels opened up said it all. I particularly liked Miles O’Briens quote from twitter:

#DragaonLaunch #SpaceX webcast versus commentators versus #NASA’s = Meth versus Prozac

]]> By: wodun https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/falcon-9-has-cleared-the-tower/#comment-50982 Tue, 22 May 2012 09:01:49 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=17228#comment-50982 It was exciting even if I was on the phone through the whole thing. The coolest part of any launch is the roar followed closely by the view of Earth from so far away.

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