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From the before and after videos I assume he would have opened the component up and added some type of noise dampening product inside. The rattle wasn't caused from the contact between the component and the door, but rather coming from the inside of the component. It's a shame he didn't post...

Just to expand further on what other replies suggested, the landing deck is indeed 300 feet long by 170 feet wide. The legspan of the rocket is approximately 70 feet according to this article from space.com. So if the rocket misses the target length-wise it can miss by up to 115 feet (300/2 -...

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money.cnn.com/2014/05/06/news/companies/tesla-sales/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 I'm pretty sure this has nothing to do with demand, but rather because of the supply constraint that still exists and Tesla entering foreign markets. Yes/No?

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has a knack for getting others to fund his ventures.

Orbital, ATK Announce $5-billion Merger | Ares

Also, found this excellent article on the current status of this legal action (read the comments too): SpaceX EELV suit updates Space Politics

Wow. I mean, wow. All I can say is well done Senator.

The Orbcomm website has an update posted April 22,2014: http://www.orbcomm.com/networks/og2-launch Based on this next thread at nasaspaceflight.com I'm lead to believe that the Orbcomm dates are the most recent and most accurate SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - Orbcomm OG2- TBD - DISCUSSION THREAD...

So much for bookmarking the page (page not found).

The moon notwithstanding, I would have to think that Falcon 1 Flight 4 would have been higher than this.

Update: SpaceX rocket raised in anticipation of today's launch

Some info about the next two SES satellite launches. SES Books SpaceX Falcon 9 for Hybrid Satellite’s Debut | SpaceNews.com

Nice summary of how we got here: The growing importance of NASAs Commercial Crew Program | NASASpaceFlight.com

Also this RD - 180 The Russian Backbone of the US Space Program | ASP