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    SpaceX :: Falcon 9 Launch - Tonight @ 8:35pm EDT

    Live webcast starting at 8pm: http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

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    Cool! Watching now.
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    Is this a private venture ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by n2ize View Post
    Is this a private venture ?
    Public-Private venture. US astronauts, with a privately built vehicle, I believe.

    Correction, this is an unmanned mission. So, private launch.
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    The gantry looks so... Simplistic, when compared to the shuttle (And past rocket) gantry.
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    I'm wondering what the doohickey that is moving left-right on second stage is? A navigation thruster?
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    I think these guys are way ahead of the game.


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    Quote Originally Posted by KC2UGV View Post
    I'm wondering what the doohickey that is moving left-right on second stage is? A navigation thruster?
    Lateral dildonics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KG4CGC View Post
    Lateral dildonics.
    Bet that rocket is a big hit with the ladies...
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ6BSO View Post
    Bet that rocket is a big hit with the ladies...
    Rockets are also a BIG hit for some men like me.


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