Private enterprise in spaaaaaace

Sep 28, 2008 21:17

The news tag says it all:

"T+0:08:21 Falcon 1 reached orbital velocity, 5200 m/s Nominal Second stage cut off (SECO) - Falcon 1 has made history as the first privately developed liquid fueled launch vehicle to achieve earth orbit!"

visit www.spacex.com/webcast.php soon for shiny videos of it.

rockwolf,rachelison,kallypup threw another great bash on Friday. I wandered off ( Read more... )

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flint_otter September 30 2008, 02:34:34 UTC
Woot. I missed that while I was on vacation. I guess 3rd time was a charm fer them.

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