SpaceX's Falcon 9 Successfully Reaches Orbit 282
terrymaster69 writes "After an aborted launch attempt last week, SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon9 rocket Tuesday at 3:44 am EST. SpaceX's founder Elon Musk tweeted: 'Falcon flew perfectly!! Dragon in orbit, comm locked and solar arrays active!! Feels like a giant weight just came off my back :)' The Dragon capsule is scheduled to dock with the ISS on May 25th."
Note to North Korea... (Score:5, Funny)
Ref: "giant load off his back" (Score:5, Funny)
Re:USA rocks (Score:5, Funny)
For those who don't know, Elon Musk was born in South Africa, and left to avoid Military Service in the 80's (which propped up the Apartheid government). He came over here, built paypal into a powerhouse (thorugh a merger, he didn't found it), founded Tesla motors, and he built a rocketship. Hell yeah.
Oh yeah? Well this morning, I played the Torchlight 2 beta and got an Engineer all the way to Level 12! And then I'm going to the dentist in an hour!
Man, fuck those guys that put my life into perspective. ):
Re:Ref: "giant load off his back" (Score:5, Funny)
It's rumoured that several items on the countdown checklist involve confirming the actual whereabouts of Elon Musk...
Re:Welcome back to space? (Score:5, Funny)
It might meet their safety rating, but it does not even make it to LEO. If you want to launch people into the Sea of Japan, it would be cheaper to use a catapult.
Re:Congratulations (Score:4, Funny)