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Old December 6th 10, 03:51 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Alan Erskine[_3_]
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Default Today's the day!

On 7/12/2010 3:30 AM, Pat Flannery wrote:
On 12/6/2010 5:04 AM, Kulin Remailer wrote:
Today SpaceX will attempt to launch the Falcon 9 with a Dragon capsule
into orbit, fly several orbits and then perform a reentry, culminating
in a parachute landing off the cost of California.


No, today is the 6th... _tomorrow_ is the 7th, when they get their first
launch window.
Frankly, launching on the annversary of Pearl Harbor is a little odd,
but hey, whatever turns their crank.

Pat


NASA did it with Apollo 17.