Re:SpaceX returns to flight with Falcon 9 rocket launch
by nialv7 on Saturday January 14, 2017 @03:49PM
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Clearly NASA & FAA know a lot more than you and most of us do. If they choose to let SpaceX continue launching their rockets, there must be a good reason behind it.
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Re:SpaceX returns to flight with Falcon 9 rocket launch
by taf2 on Saturday January 14, 2017 @03:54PM
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True it'd be rather nice to not have to read another article like: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/25/466555217/...
in 30 years
Re:SpaceX returns to flight with Falcon 9 rocket launch
by mikeash on Saturday January 14, 2017 @04:08PM
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Unlike the Shuttle, SpaceX's manned vehicle will have the ability to escape an exploding launcher. It's best avoided, obviously, but a repeat of Challenger should end with everybody safe and sound, just not in orbit.
Re:SpaceX returns to flight with Falcon 9 rocket launch
by agildehaus on Saturday January 14, 2017 @08:33PM
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Dragon 2 will have abort modes throughout the flight. The Interplanetary Transport System (aka MCT)? Nope.
Re:SpaceX returns to flight with Falcon 9 rocket launch
by nickik on Sunday January 15, 2017 @02:23AM
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Not quite true. The MCT should be able to escape as well, it will just not be able to do it as reactivly as the Dragon 2.
Re:SpaceX returns to flight with Falcon 9 rocket launch
by agildehaus on Sunday January 15, 2017 @02:43AM
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Definitely not as reactively, not convinced it will work as an abort, and not at all on Mars.
https://mobile.twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/780896313676148...
Re:SpaceX returns to flight with Falcon 9 rocket launch
by nrjdhsbsid on Saturday January 14, 2017 @04:16PM
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Because rockets explode all the time and it's not really dangerous unless people are involved. Rockets are routinely exploded on purpose during testing.