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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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Either way it is going to be nice to Americans go up in American Rockets. Finally.

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I wanted so much to support the Shuttle Replacement after supporting Shuttle Flights from STS-8 to STS-135, but its been so long in coming. I had co-workers who supported Apollo, laid off when the program ended, but came back to support the Shuttle. That was a span of 9 yrs. If a Shuttle Replacement flies this year, it'll be another 9 year gap. Me go back? Naaaaaaaah!

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SpaceX Mars city: Elon Musk reveals how you will pay for your trip
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SpaceX Starship Updates – Kennedy Space Center SpaceX & Blue Origin Update
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NASA selects Axiom Space to build commercial space station
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SpaceX Boca Chica - Preparing Starship Test Tank 2 for Cryo Testing

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SpaceX Starship Updates - 01/27/2020

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SpaceX Boca Chica - Starship Test Tank 2 Destructive Cryo Test

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The good part about this test, it past the saftey for bar for human space flight.
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SpaceX Starship SN1 Is A Go!!!

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NASA to allow researchers to fly on commercial suborbital vehicles

Space News by Jeff Foust — January 31, 2020

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NASA plans for the first time to allow researchers to fly with their payloads on commercial suborbital vehicles, ending years of debate and deliberation.

NASA released Jan. 29 a draft solicitation seeking payloads for its Flight Opportunities program, which provides rides for such payloads on high-altitude balloons, parabolic aircraft flights and commercial suborbital vehicles. That includes reusable suborbital spacecraft currently being flight tested by Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic.

In the past, researchers could propose flying payloads on Blue Origin’s New Shepard or Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, but the payloads had to be automated. In the draft solicitation, researchers can, for the first time, propose flying with their payloads on those vehicles.

“Human spaceflight participants on these missions is increasingly viable and being demonstrated,” said Jim Reuter, NASA associate administrator for space technology, in a Jan. 29 talk at the 23rd Annual Commercial Space Transportation Conference here announcing plans to allow researchers to fly with their payloads.

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SpaceX Starship SN1 First Triple Stack Time Lapse At Boca Chica, Texas

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Virgin Galactic White Knight Two Carrier Aircraft Lands at Mojave Air & Spaceport + Tower Audio

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Virgin Orbit nearing first launch

Space News by Jeff Foust — February 5, 2020

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Virgin Orbit says it is weeks away from the first orbital launch of its LauncherOne rocket as the company makes plans to move quickly into operations if that flight is successful.

The company said in a series of tweets Jan. 31 that is in final preparations for its test launch, with the LauncherOne rocket attached to its Boeing 747 aircraft for a final series of tests and dress rehearsals at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. That includes a captive carry flight, where the plane will take off with the rocket attached for the entire flight.

The company didn’t disclose when that launch would take place beyond that it was “really close” to being ready for the flight. Dan Hart, chief executive of Virgin Orbit, said that launch would take place in the “coming weeks” during a panel discussion at the SmallSat Symposium here Feb. 4.

“We are positioned at the end of the runway in Mojave. Our rocket is married to our 747,” he said. “We’re going through launch rehearsals.”

In an interview after the panel, Hart said that the company was ready to move into operatons quickly should that test launch be a success. “If we have a great day, we’re poised to go forward pretty much immediately,” he said. The next LauncherOne rocket is currently “well along” in assembly at the company’s Long Beach, California, factory.

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SpaceX Starship Updates – Possible Starship launch date

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Watch live: First satellites off OneWeb’s new Florida assembly line are launched

Spaceflight Now by Stephen Clark February 4, 2020

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The first 34 satellites manufactured on a new commercial spacecraft assembly line just outside the gates of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are scheduled for liftoff on a Soyuz rocket Thursday halfway around the world in Kazakhstan, kicking off a sequence of up to 20 launches from three countries to deploy nearly 650 satellites for OneWeb’s global Internet network.

Stacked on a dispenser inside the payload shroud of a Soyuz-2.1b booster, the 34 OneWeb satellites will rocket into orbit at 2142:41 GMT (4:42:41 p.m. EST) Thursday from the Complex 31 launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Liftoff is timed for 2:42:41 a.m. local time Friday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

It’s the first of around 20 launches planned over the next two years, each booked through French launch services provider Arianespace with 32 to 36 satellites on-board, to build out the first phase of the OneWeb constellation.

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There could be a new Elon Musk stock for investors to bet on: SpaceX’s Starlink
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/06/spacex-starlink-may-ipo-a-new-elon-musk-stock-for-investors.html
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There could be a new Elon Musk stock for investors to bet on: SpaceX’s Starlink
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/06/spacex-starlink-may-ipo-a-new-elon-musk-stock-for-investors.html

I would definiitely be interested in investing early on in SpaceX.

OTOH, just as a warning....  Musk has been less than forthright in the financials and deliverables around Telsa.  I don't trust his ass.

Then add the fact he has his car company sucking on the left hind teat of government subsidies?   What a weasel. 
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SpaceX Starship 20 km Launch is Coming Fast & so is DEMO-2

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Space Inc: The new space businesses and tech

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SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo 2 launch is May 7 | Starship Well Underway Inside New Texas Factory

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This is yuge news!!!!!
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SpaceX Starship Updates – Two Starships Confirmed

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SpaceX Starship Updates – Two Starships Confirmed

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These really are amazing times we are living in. Most of our parents never even thought such a thing would ever be possible,yet here we are,at a stage in history where we know we CAN do it,and the discussion is about expenses,not engineering and possibilities.
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These really are amazing times we are living in. Most of our parents never even thought such a thing would ever be possible,yet here we are,at a stage in history where we know we CAN do it,and the discussion is about expenses,not engineering and possibilities.


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I agree these are interesting times. To be honest, I thought I would never see a thing like this to be honest, but here we are.
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