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Aussie IT Pricing Inquiry Now Taking Submissions We made a lot of hoopla over the recent SpaceX launch — and for good reason. A private company has done for the first time what previously took the efforts of enormous governments. It put cargo in space! But what exactly?
After its launch yesterday, the Dragon capsule is now on its way to the International Space Station. But the Falcon 9 rocket carried something else too: the ashes of James Doohan, the actor who played Scotty in Star Trek.
They say the first time never lasts as long as you’d want. Yesterday’s failed SpaceX Falcon 9 launch is no exception.
Before it could slip the surly bonds of earth and dance the skies on laughter-silvered wings, SpaceX’s Falcon 9′s early morning launch was unfortunately scrapped by Nasa today due to higher than normal pressure readings in its number five engine.
Until just a few years ago, manned spaceflight was the exclusive sandbox of not just nations, but of the world’s select superpowers — the countries with enough disposable income to say, “F**k it. Let’s go to the Moon.” Those days are over, sadly, slowly smothered by shrinking budgets and realigning priorities.
SpaceX has once again been forced to delay the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft. The latest launch date was scheduled for Monday, May 7 from Cape Canaveral in Florida and a new date hasn’t been set. Issues with the software responsible for controlling the automated spacecraft have caused several of the past issues and are assumed to be responsible for these latest delays.
Elon Musk’s private spaceflight program, SpaceX, just announced that NASA and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station approved a May 7 launch date for its COTS 2 mission.
In June 2010, SpaceX launched a simplified version of their Dragon capsule into orbit. It was the first private spaceship in history, and it was a complete success. Now they are human testing it, getting it ready for its first manned flight.
