"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
dakotatelephone...
On 4/19/2010 10:20 AM, Jeff Findley wrote:

I've noted that many people here like to downplay Dragon, but very few
people even mention Cygnus. Considering Cygnus is based on a long
existing
satellite bus, I've got high expectations for their first flight.

Yeah, but they also have to get their Taurus II rocket to work, just like
SpaceX's Falcon 9.

True, but they've got quite a bit of historical experience in this area,
where SpaceX is seen as a "start-up" with arguably less experience. This is
despite the fact that the only true experience you have is in people's
heads, and SpaceX no doubt has some seasoned engineers on staff. A
comparison of people to people between the two organizations would be
practically impossible.

Jeff
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