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    Privately-funded rocket ready for 2nd try

    As some of you might remember, I've mentioned that there have been no successful privately-funded orbital rocket developments. All orbital launch vehicles to date has been government funded. SpaceX, in Los Angeles, is trying to become the first privately-funded success story with the launch of the Falcon 1. This is SpaceX's second attempt. the first attempt last March ended in the ocean.

    The launch is scheduled for 4:00 PM Pacific US time, 23:00 GMT (3 hours from now). The webcast will begin at roughly T-60 minutes.

    http://www.spacex.com/webcast.php


    Below is a picture of the rocket during its first attempt on its tropical island launch pad (Marshall Islands). As you can see, these folks take an extremely minimalist approach on infrastructure in order to reduce costs.

    Here's the OTF thread from last year's try.

    Apolyton Civilization Site
    http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=144046


    Go Falcon!
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    Last edited by DanS; March 19, 2007, 16:09.
    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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  • #2
    There were the launching by Europeans earlier, but they were by a consortium of Euro governments, right?

    The missile's name was something like the Ariel or the Aryan -- -- ?

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    • #3
      The last launch on the Ariane V was on March 11 launching Skynet for the Brits.
      I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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      • #4
        Isn't Sea Launch private?
        USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
        The video may avatar is from

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Zkribbler
          There were the launching by Europeans earlier, but they were by a consortium of Euro governments, right?

          The missile's name was something like the Ariel or the Aryan -- -- ?
          The enemy cannot push a button if you disable his hand.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Will9
            Isn't Sea Launch private?
            Using Russian Soviet-funded and Ukraine/Russian gov't assembled launch vehicles.
            I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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            • #7
              But if the money comes from a private source it is still privately funded, no?
              You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.

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              • #8
                Seems like a stretch to call Sea Launch's development privately-funded. Hardly a bolt on the rocket doesn't have its heritage in the Space Race.

                The Falcon 1 is a clean-sheet design having no heritage of any sort beyond a very few parts.
                I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                • #9
                  Scheduled hold.
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                  I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                  • #10
                    Here's the play-by-play. Looks like we might have a scrub today, due to difficulties obtaining telemetry data.

                    Spaceflight Now | Falcon Mission Report | Mission Status Center
                    http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon/f2/status.html
                    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                    • #11
                      Arent those trees too near to the rocket?
                      Ich bin der Zorn Gottes. Wer sonst ist mit mir?

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                      • #12
                        Nah, it doesn't make any difference. A rocket this size is a pretty good neighbor.

                        Still on hold. They're probably making the decision whether to scrub today's launch.
                        I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                        • #13
                          New launch time of 7:45 pm Eastern US. About 30 minutes from now.
                          I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                          • #14
                            T -25.
                            I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                            • #15
                              The time is local.
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                              I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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