Comments on: Greetings from SpaceX http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/01/greetings-from-spacex/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:53:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: different Mark http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/01/greetings-from-spacex/#comment-216783 different Mark Wed, 09 May 2007 02:07:53 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/01/greetings-from-spacex/#comment-216783 What I'm wondering is: at the bargain basement price of $35M, who's going to develop and send up an asteroid mining robot probe and bring back some loot? That'll blow the doors wide open on this 'outer space' thing. What I’m wondering is: at the bargain basement price of $35M, who’s going to develop and send up an asteroid mining robot probe and bring back some loot? That’ll blow the doors wide open on this ‘outer space’ thing.

]]> By: Michael Martin-Smith http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/01/greetings-from-spacex/#comment-214042 Michael Martin-Smith Sun, 06 May 2007 00:16:53 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/01/greetings-from-spacex/#comment-214042 Rick, You're quite right ;Falcon 9 has 9 Merlin engines,and could put c 10 tons into LEO; the Falcon 9 "Heavy" has also two strap on boosters,and is aimed to launch 28 tons into LEO- beating Delta 4,and Ariane 5 .It is aiming for a demo flight in c 2010- just in time for Robert Bigelow's larger successors to his inflatable Genesis 1 and 2 space modules. We could see a true private space industry- of mostly re-usable man rated launchers and space habitats within 8-10 years, at this rate All very intersting; Iam saving up for my suborbital flight, and making modest preparations by learning tofly gliders. Did my first "loop the loop"- under instruction- 10days ago, pulling 3.3 G- a useful start?? Rick, You’re quite right ;Falcon 9 has 9 Merlin engines,and could put c 10 tons into LEO; the Falcon 9 “Heavy” has also two strap on boosters,and is aimed to launch 28 tons into LEO- beating Delta 4,and Ariane 5 .It is aiming for a demo flight in c 2010- just in time for Robert Bigelow’s larger successors to his inflatable Genesis 1 and 2 space modules. We could see a true private space industry- of mostly re-usable man rated launchers and space habitats within 8-10 years, at this rate
All very intersting; Iam saving up for my suborbital flight, and making modest preparations by learning tofly gliders. Did my first “loop the loop”- under instruction- 10days ago, pulling 3.3 G- a useful start??

]]> By: Rick Dickinson http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/01/greetings-from-spacex/#comment-210874 Rick Dickinson Wed, 02 May 2007 16:41:28 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/01/greetings-from-spacex/#comment-210874 I'm pretty sure that the "9" in Falcon-9 refers to the number of engines. I’m pretty sure that the “9″ in Falcon-9 refers to the number of engines.

]]> By: Chris Nixon http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/01/greetings-from-spacex/#comment-210558 Chris Nixon Wed, 02 May 2007 07:39:55 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/01/greetings-from-spacex/#comment-210558 Those Bluth boys really do get everywhere! Those Bluth boys really do get everywhere!

]]> By: Mark http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/01/greetings-from-spacex/#comment-210107 Mark Tue, 01 May 2007 19:11:53 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/01/greetings-from-spacex/#comment-210107 What happened to Falcon 2-8? What happened to Falcon 2-8?

]]> By: gavin. http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/01/greetings-from-spacex/#comment-210105 gavin. Tue, 01 May 2007 19:09:17 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/01/greetings-from-spacex/#comment-210105 haha. dork. haha.

dork.

]]> By: Jon http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/01/greetings-from-spacex/#comment-210099 Jon Tue, 01 May 2007 19:05:03 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/01/greetings-from-spacex/#comment-210099 Looking at that picture, seems like somebody just told you Blake (pointing at the big stainless steel canister) that it's a new soylent green factory component! Jon Looking at that picture, seems like somebody just told you Blake (pointing at the big stainless steel canister) that it’s a new soylent green factory component!

Jon

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