SpaceX Dragon chokes at the last second The Falcon 9 rocket from private space company SpaceX, intended to launch this morning and send a Dragon capsule loaded with supplies to the International Space Station, has failed to take off. The rocket's computer aborted the launch automatically at almost the final possible moment, when its engines had already ignited but the …
on 12 September 1962 : «We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, ...» Half a century later, activities in space remain difficult - the gravity well still exists and the basic propulsion techniques used to get something into low Earth orbit remain much the same as they were then. For this reason, cooperation - between all countries willing to make the effort - and between public and private interests is necessary. SpaceX's caution is the way to go - sooner or later they'll get their machine into orbit. Slow and steady wins the race....
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