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SpaceX gets federal clearance for South Texas launch site

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  1. robbie380

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    we are on the hook for all of our tax dollars. all of them.
     
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    I've got a client right in the middle of this thing. Looking forward to the windfall.
     
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    Orbcomm OG2 | Falcon 9 Satellite Launch (live in about 2 hours)

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    From a post on Reddit here is what SpaceX is doing today:

    They're launching a bunch of satellites for OrbComm. The payload is comfortably under the max weight, so the first stage will have plenty of fuel left over to try a controlled landing again.

    The idea is to come to a stationary hover just over the sea with legs deployed, then cut the engine and splash. This stage is sacrificed for test data; with good enough data, they hope to do a landing on land by the end of the year.

    It worked last time, but they landed in heavy seas so we don;t have cool pics.
     
    #24 KingCheetah, Jun 20, 2014
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    ^about 20 minutes
     
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    ^9:00 minutes
     
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    Form 1040s at the library and post office every year, breh.
     
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    Fizzle... scrubbed until tomorrow.
     
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