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Re: SpaceX and Blue Origin Thread
« Reply #50 on: January 17, 2020, 10:00:05 pm »

SpaceX Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort is GO for Launch

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Re: SpaceX and Blue Origin Thread
« Reply #51 on: January 17, 2020, 10:20:17 pm »
Space Industry Investments Hit Record High As Venture Capital Seeks The Next SpaceX
https://isn-news.com/2020/01/space-industry-investments-hit-record.html
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Re: SpaceX and Blue Origin Thread
« Reply #52 on: January 17, 2020, 10:42:05 pm »
It is an interesting world, with Musk putting huge rockets up, etcc.

And selling electric vehicles, which some claim to be a folly.

And old businesses like Sears lost their mojos decades ago.

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Re: SpaceX and Blue Origin Thread
« Reply #53 on: January 17, 2020, 11:01:56 pm »
Quote from: truth_seeker on January 17, 2020, 10:42:05 pm
It is an interesting world, with Musk putting huge rockets up, etcc.

And selling electric vehicles, which some claim to be a folly.

And old businesses like Sears lost their mojos decades ago.

@truth_seeker

Sears lost it's Mojo when the family decided they were executives,and let managers take over the board and control the company,while they lived like Royalty on the stock profits.

Managers tend to not have any personal connection to a company or it's long-term survival,and focus on maximizing profits THIS quarter,and worry about the next quarter the next quarter. When this happens long-time employees start resenting being treated like cogs in a machine,and having some suit and tie cretin tell him how he has been doing everything wrong for the last 30 years,so they retire and sell off their stock options.

 You end up with a company being operated by people only concerned with this quarters profits,and employees that are newbies and only there until they can find a better paying job.

Wal-Mart is feeling the effects of this now,and it couldn't happen to a more deserving group of people.
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Re: SpaceX and Blue Origin Thread
« Reply #54 on: January 18, 2020, 01:05:35 am »
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Re: SpaceX and Blue Origin Thread
« Reply #55 on: January 18, 2020, 01:18:45 am »
I don't know if all of this space stuff will accomplish anything but I am sure glad the big dreamers still exist...
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Re: SpaceX and Blue Origin Thread
« Reply #56 on: January 18, 2020, 02:31:21 am »
Quote from: truth_seeker on January 17, 2020, 10:42:05 pm
It is an interesting world, with Musk putting huge rockets up, etcc.

And selling electric vehicles, which some claim to be a folly.

And old businesses like Sears lost their mojos decades ago.


@truth_seeker


I thought that Tesla will be gone by now.  Boy was I wrong.


This is an interesting time to live in.
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Re: SpaceX and Blue Origin Thread
« Reply #57 on: January 18, 2020, 04:52:03 am »
Quote from: EdinVA on January 18, 2020, 01:18:45 am
I don't know if all of this space stuff will accomplish anything but I am sure glad the big dreamers still exist...

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Re: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virigin Galactic and other Private Space Companies Thread
« Reply #58 on: January 18, 2020, 02:48:08 pm »
Quote from: kevindavis on December 28, 2019, 12:17:26 am
What I decided to do is create a thread dedicated to anything SpaceX and Blue Origin.


This is where all of the news regarding these two companies will go.


Good or idea or bad. If bad, this will go away.


I know this is kinda crazy, but I thought it wil be better if this thread contains all articles that talks about the private space industry since it might take off this year (no pun intended).


Just an FYI: Right now Virgin Galactic is now at $15.69 (so far I have made a nice little profit from it). Best to get it now. This stock could skyrocket.
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Re: SpaceX and Blue Origin Thread
« Reply #59 on: January 18, 2020, 02:49:43 pm »
Quote from: EdinVA on January 18, 2020, 01:18:45 am
I don't know if all of this space stuff will accomplish anything but I am sure glad the big dreamers still exist...


@EdinVA


I agree. I imagine if Howard Hughes didn't go bonkers he could have done it was well.
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Re: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virigin Galactic and other Private Space Companies Thread
« Reply #60 on: January 18, 2020, 02:52:08 pm »
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Re: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virigin Galactic and other Private Space Companies Thread
« Reply #61 on: January 18, 2020, 03:47:06 pm »
What SpaceX and Blue Origin stock? Or do they mean Alphabet and Amazon stock instead?

Or is stock here meaning the vehicles? I would think that the stock of SpaceX vehicles takes off before the other two.
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Re: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virigin Galactic and other Private Space Companies Thread
« Reply #62 on: January 18, 2020, 03:51:09 pm »
SpaceX delays Crew Dragon abort test launch to Sunday due to bad weather

Space.com by Amy Thompson 1/18/2020

https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-abort-test-launch-weather-delay.html

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX postponed a critical launch escape test of its Crew Dragon astronaut taxi today (Jan. 18) due to bad weather at the mission’s launch site. The next attempt will be on Sunday, the company said.

The California-based spaceflight company was scheduled to launch its unpiloted Crew Dragon spacecraft on a used Falcon 9 rocket at 8 a.m. EST (1300 GMT) today  from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. However, bad weather at the launch site, coupled with rough seas at Crew Dragon's recovery zone in the Atlantic Ocean, prompted the delay.

"Standing down from today's in-flight Crew Dragon launch escape test due to sustained winds and rough seas in the recovery area," SpaceX wrote in a mission update on Twitter. "Now targeting Sunday, January 19, with a six-hour test window opening at 8:00 a.m. EST, 13:00 UTC."
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Re: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virigin Galactic and other Private Space Companies Thread
« Reply #63 on: January 19, 2020, 06:11:21 pm »

SpaceX Crew Dragon In Flight Abort Test : Jan 19 2020

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IMNXNVOOM0
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Re: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virigin Galactic and other Private Space Companies Thread
« Reply #64 on: January 19, 2020, 06:27:17 pm »
Quote from: kevindavis on January 19, 2020, 06:11:21 pm
SpaceX Crew Dragon In Flight Abort Test : Jan 19 2020

Too bad we did not have that in 1986.....
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Re: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virigin Galactic and other Private Space Companies Thread
« Reply #65 on: January 19, 2020, 06:45:01 pm »
Quote from: EdinVA on January 19, 2020, 06:27:17 pm
Too bad we did not have that in 1986.....


I concur. They should built the Shuttle with an Abort section.  When I see Americans not flying on Russian rockets, that will be a glorius day for every American.
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Re: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virigin Galactic and other Private Space Companies Thread
« Reply #66 on: January 19, 2020, 07:01:24 pm »
Who would YOU want to ride with into space, SpaceX, NASA,, of General Motors?

An impressive amount of new technology, resulted from the US federal government space program.

How will new technology move from privately owned SpaceX (and others) into the broader American economy?

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Re: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virigin Galactic and other Private Space Companies Thread
« Reply #67 on: January 19, 2020, 07:19:06 pm »

Elon Musk talking about Starship after the In-Flight Abort Press Conference.

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Re: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virigin Galactic and other Private Space Companies Thread
« Reply #68 on: January 19, 2020, 07:30:07 pm »
Quote from: truth_seeker on January 19, 2020, 07:01:24 pm
Who would YOU want to ride with into space, SpaceX, NASA,, of General Motors?

An impressive amount of new technology, resulted from the US federal government space program.

How will new technology move from privately owned SpaceX (and others) into the broader American economy?


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I don't care who it is. SpaceX, Blue Origin, or NASA. I will not fly on a Russian Rocket.


As for the tech transfer, it is going to be yuge.  It is going to make the previous transfer look small.


Unlike the last time. This movement to space is going to be perm (I hope).
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Re: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virigin Galactic and other Private Space Companies Thread
« Reply #69 on: January 19, 2020, 08:41:44 pm »
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Re: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virigin Galactic and other Private Space Companies Thread
« Reply #70 on: January 19, 2020, 08:57:30 pm »

"It's just going to be wonderful to get astronauts back into orbit from American soil after almost a decade of not being able to do so. I think that's super exciting. [...] Reusability is extremely fundamental to revolutionizing Space" ––
Elon Musk


https://twitter.com/thirdrowtesla/status/1218993551175872512
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Re: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virigin Galactic and other Private Space Companies Thread
« Reply #71 on: January 19, 2020, 11:41:13 pm »

SpaceX aims to launch astronauts this spring after Crew Dragon escape test success
https://www.isn-news.com/2020/01/spacex-aims-to-launch-astronauts-this.html
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Re: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virigin Galactic and other Private Space Companies Thread
« Reply #72 on: January 20, 2020, 12:05:57 am »
Quote from: kevindavis on January 19, 2020, 11:41:13 pm
SpaceX aims to launch astronauts this spring after Crew Dragon escape test success
https://www.isn-news.com/2020/01/spacex-aims-to-launch-astronauts-this.html

I'd like to see that.  Dragon has a crew capacity of seven.
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« Reply #73 on: January 20, 2020, 01:20:17 am »
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I'd like to see that.  Dragon has a crew capacity of seven.

Yes, a crew capacity of seven, but only 4 seats on NASA Missions. I guess the other 3 have to sit on the floor.
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« Reply #74 on: January 20, 2020, 01:38:50 am »
Quote from: Elderberry on January 20, 2020, 01:20:17 am
Yes, a crew capacity of seven, but only 4 seats on NASA Missions. I guess the other 3 have to sit on the floor.

I think that's because NASA wants some cargo capacity, and there is no sense in sending more than three astronauts at a time to the ISS because crew capacity for the Station itself is still low.  I would expect that capacity balance to change when they start looking at missions beyond Low Orbit.

Keeping a Dragon as a "lifeboat" for ISS would be a good idea, and that would not be limited to three astronauts.
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