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Old April 5th 11, 01:57 PM posted to sci.space.shuttle
Jeff Findley
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Default Falcon Heavy to be officially launched?

In article ,
says...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th6HQ9RtVCE

Content of the email I (and, undoubtedly, many others) just got:

Something Big is Coming

Elon Musk Holding Press Conference on Tuesday, April 5th

Elon Musk, CEO and Chief Technical Officer of SpaceX, will hold a press
conference on Tuesday, April 5th at 11:20am EST to discuss SpaceX's
latest venture.

Get a sneak peak of the discussion on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th6HQ9RtVCE.

The press conference will be webcast live at:
http://www.visualwebcaster.com/spacex. The press conference will also
be accessible via the home page of SpaceX.com by clicking the main
banner. If you are unable to watch live, the press conference will be
archived at http://www.visualwebcaster.com/spacex for future viewing.

If so, 32 tonnes at 2/3 the cost of Delta IV Heavy.... Bye Bye Boeing!


Yea, the preview video makes it clear that it's a Falcon 9 Heavy. A
black and white drawing of the thing can be seen near the end of the
video. If they can make the Falcon 9 Heavy work, they'll be hanging
with the "big dogs" for sure.

Jeff
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