SpaceX CRS-3 Launch Today

6 responses to “SpaceX CRS-3 Launch Today”

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   jurvetson

   Apr 18, 2014 at 11:13 pm

   Dragon on its way to station, with its solar panel wings still folded in on the sides: And the Dragon wings unfurled… (backside of solar panels) And some of the science onboard, including a new PhoneSat:

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   gsikich1

   Apr 18, 2014 at 11:51 pm

   NASA had a similar photo – this is better. When are you going to start launching again?

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   scleroplex

   Apr 19, 2014 at 12:57 am

   best wishes!

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   jurvetson

   Apr 19, 2014 at 11:41 pm

   So exciting. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/26274943@N02] – you noticed. the lapse! September at the latest. I have a N5800 bruiser to fly… And reposting the photos to unhide them from flickr’s UI. Here is Dragon on its way to station, with its solar panel wings still folded in on the sides: And the Dragon wings unfurled… (backside of solar panels) And some of the science onboard, including a new PhoneSat:

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   scleroplex

   Apr 20, 2014 at 1:39 am

   the name Phonesat instantly brings to mind Thomas Pynchon’s Cheapsat in his book Vineland :-))

   books.google.com/books?id=Iv-u8_qdubkC&pg=PT112&l…

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   sbove

   Apr 28, 2014 at 5:22 pm

   Whenever I see rockets laboring straight up like this, I think, has anyone tried horizontal take off with ejectable/detachable wings? Get up to around 80,000 feet at 10% power on big beautiful wings, eject them (catch with parachutes), and power up to escape V.

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