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**Cajlwdvx** · 03-21-2007, 06:03 AM

It looks like they made about 300 km -- well into space. But they never made orbital velocity.

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches...lc1_test2.html

Elon Musk is positioning this as a 95% successful exercise. That seems like taking some liberties, but I think they should be happy nonetheless about lots of successes on the day. We now know that the rocket mostly works.

For sure, nobody has ever fired the engine, experienced an anomaly, shut down the engine, unfueled, refueled, and then launched an hour later. Such capabilities are new in space launch.

03-21-2007, 06:03 AM	#32
Cajlwdvx Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 654 Senior Member	It looks like they made about 300 km -- well into space. But they never made orbital velocity. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches...lc1_test2.html Elon Musk is positioning this as a 95% successful exercise. That seems like taking some liberties, but I think they should be happy nonetheless about lots of successes on the day. We now know that the rocket mostly works. For sure, nobody has ever fired the engine, experienced an anomaly, shut down the engine, unfueled, refueled, and then launched an hour later. Such capabilities are new in space launch.
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