The capsule thunders aloft, carrying cargo under the U.S. flag for the first time.
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Dragon Launches Oct. 7
The SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule lift off Oct. 7
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SpaceX's Dragon capsule launched Sunday night to bring cargo to the International Space Station, finally restoring America's capacity to send stuff to space without relying on the Russians.
Dragon lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, near where the space shuttles launched for 30 years before their retirement. The launch was the second trip for a Dragon capsule to dock with the station, but the first time it would actually carry cargo -- meaning it's the first time since the shuttles shut down that a U.S.-flagged ship has carried something to space. Dragon will rendezvous with the ISS Wednesday, and commander Suni Williams will grab it using the station's robotic arm.
Astronauts will spend the next couple days unloading 1,000 pounds of material and re-loading Dragon with another 2,000 pounds of used equipment and finished experiments. The capsule will come back to Earth in about three weeks, NASA said.
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see... if Obama wouldnt retire the space shuttle program, there wouldnt be a crises which ve pushed the privat sector to advance. (as in history crises drives progress!)
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bored? lets go mine the stars... ^^
Bush retired the Space Shuttle Program, not Obama. It just ended while Obama was president. Not that is really makes a difference anyways.
I do agree though. For that same reason, everyone should stop donating blood and organs. Just think of all the money that would be thrown into solving that!
@DirtySquirties
+1 ! ^^
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bored? lets go mine the stars... ^^
oohhhh
Can we also stop paying taxes, feeding the hungery (anywhere, but especially here), and supporting anyone in any way at any age?
Those problems would solve themselves within a surprisingly short period of time (likely three weeks or so).
@Oakspar77777
dude gtfo, we were only refering to the public tech developpement...
or you will bring god in here too as well?!
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bored? lets go mine the stars... ^^
vt007,
I realize it feels good to blame one person. But the reality is Obama did not do this and this problem is similar to the movie "8 mile", where it is said, dead man walking.
Our USA is plummeting off the cliff and our leaders are going to brunch, prior to their days events.
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U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK
The Outstanding Public Debt as of 08 Oct 2012 at 11:58:31 PM GMT is:
$16,177,813,147,917.31
The estimated population of the United States is 313,649,696
so each citizen's share of this debt is $51,579.24.
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Yes, NASA and other Government agencies will default.
It is a matter of time.
@b.gump
"I realize it feels good to blame one person"
wow you must be kind of a sadistic person...
i just said "crises drives progress!" the f### is your problem?
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bored? lets go mine the stars... ^^