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    SpaceX to the ISS :: New attempt: 3:44am ET

    1:55am PT/4:55am ET

    http://www.spacex.com/webcast/ - Watch it live.

    This is the first time the US has used a commercial entity to transport cargo to the ISS.

    http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/comm...ticfiring.html

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    All is go.. T minus 13 minute.

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    Maybe next time.

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    Launch aborted .5 seconds after ignition command. Problems with 'engine 5'.. vehicle is safe, another attempt on the 22nd.

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    I watched it live. The countdown was exciting. The rocket shut itself down, the launch was scrubbed. Bummer.

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    This is the future of human US space flight.. it's better to find fault and scrub launches than to let it loose and go kaboom. A successful failure?

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    Quote Originally Posted by W4GPL View Post
    This is the future of human US space flight.. it's better to find fault and scrub launches than to let it loose and go kaboom. A successful failure?
    I'd say so. It must a liquid fuel rocket. I think solid fuel engines, once lit, stay lit. Hope the 2nd attempt goes better for them!
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    Quote Originally Posted by ad4mg View Post
    I'd say so. It must a liquid fuel rocket. I think solid fuel engines, once lit, stay lit. Hope the 2nd attempt goes better for them!
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    I saw many night time space shuttle launches from seminole county. Those were awesome.

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