SpaceX successfully launches 4 astronauts into orbit
Capitalism in space: SpaceX early this morning successfully used its Falcon 9 rocket to launch its new capsule, Freedom, carrying four astronauts into orbit and heading to a docking with ISS this evening.
The first stage successfully landed on the drone ship in the Atlantic, completing its fourth flight.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
16 SpaceX
11 China
5 Russia
2 ULA
2 Rocket Lab
The U.S. now leads China 23 to 11 in the national rankings. In fact, at this moment the U.S. leads all other nations combined, 23 to 19.
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Capitalism in space: SpaceX early this morning successfully used its Falcon 9 rocket to launch its new capsule, Freedom, carrying four astronauts into orbit and heading to a docking with ISS this evening.
The first stage successfully landed on the drone ship in the Atlantic, completing its fourth flight.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
16 SpaceX
11 China
5 Russia
2 ULA
2 Rocket Lab
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I watched from my front yard roughly 60 miles away. Saw a shooting star about when about a minute into the launch. Heard the rumble in person while stage two was firing on my phone screen.
Hey, Rogozin, want to borrow a broomstick? Close to a 5 to 1 ratio in launches
Technically SpaceX is almost leading the entire world 16 to 19. :)
He has to keep pushing…or like Ford and the Wrights, he will get shoved off to the side himself. There was a writer for a popular TV series who-to get ahead-did something I would have considered unethical. Not stealing…but a false claim. I could not live with myself being a repo man, IRS, man, bail bondsman. We have a lot of people who live off the misery of others. That Musk creates wealth is a blessing. Bezos exploits.