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Discussion in 'SpaceX' started by doug, Jul 7, 2008.

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  1. Grendal

    Grendal SpaceX Moderator

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    ah, nice connection! I missed that....good one.
     
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    I have this amusing feeling like I am looking at a baby room full of baby-safe Ikea kitchen furniture.

    inside.jpe

    fresco_loft_7_2.jpg

    I suppose having astronauts safe in zero Gs is similar to keeping an uncoordinated baby safe while learning to eat...

    ( With that said, it does look modern and cool compared to something like the retired space shuttle. )
     
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    Johan Ex got M3 in the divorce, waiting for EU Model Y!

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    Who knows you might even find a CD drive in there somewhere, the obligatory USB jack for mp3/FLAC but I suspect you could encounter buffering issues with Slacker - as you approach lower orbit.
     
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    gg_got_a_tesla Model S: VIN 65513, Model 3: VIN 1913

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    Spot on! "High Chair" was the first thing that popped into my head :)
     
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    So the "X" in SpaceX is just trying to anonymize "Ikea"? - It should be read as "SpaceIkea"?

    ;)
     
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    haha, fun! Thanks for sharing. :)
     
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    #1110 hockeythug, Sep 25, 2015
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    Just so how important real competition can be.

    From General Director Andrey V. Kalinovsky "said the state of the commercial launch market before SpaceX’s arrival in 2012-2013 allowed the Proton team to remain commercially viable despite its failures because there were few alternatives to Proton and Ariane 5"

    Price Cuts Part of Strategy To Win Back Proton Customers
     
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    Yeah. That's a really long time to be grounded, and a decent hit to the bottom line, unless they can compress their backlog and catch up in 2016.
     
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    Let's hope so. They have a lot of work to do.
     
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    Still not posted on their (always slow to be updated) launch manifest. That continues to say NET September 2015.
     
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    I think you are underestimating the complexity of the fault tree analysis that they had to do. Also, the FAA still has to sign off on the final report.

    Next up is the full duration static fire at McGregor.
     
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    Orbcomm-2 will be the RTF mission.
     
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    gg_got_a_tesla Model S: VIN 65513, Model 3: VIN 1913

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    Woot woot! And, the SES mission is now set for late-December; I'll be in the Orlando area then; yay!
     
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