"Bad Idea" wrote in message
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Damon Hill wrote:
Company founder Elon Musk told reporters the Falcon I successfully
reached space, "and retired almost all the risk associated with the
rocket."

Right. The investors are lining-up right now and soon, we'll all be
living on Uranus.

I find his statement credible. True there is a 2nd stage problem to be
resolved, but this was the first flight test of the second stage. The first
stage failure of the fist flight test meant that the 2nd stage simply wasn't
tested.

Jeff
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