Is SpaceX ever gonna try to fly again, or what?

Yeah, I know, it's only been two months. On the other hand, it's been
two months! How much other stuff are they finding that needs fixing?

Maybe Elon Musk is having too much fun with his other vehicle ventu
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richard schumacher wrote in news:no-spam-
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Yeah, I know, it's only been two months. On the other hand, it's been
two months! How much other stuff are they finding that needs fixing?

What's the rush? There's an on-going investigation; they'll want to
review procedures and make sure no other dumb mistakes are made during
launch preparations and pad work.

--Damon

Damon Hill wrote:
richard schumacher wrote in news:no-spam-
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Yeah, I know, it's only been two months. On the other hand, it's been
two months! How much other stuff are they finding that needs fixing?

What's the rush? There's an on-going investigation; they'll want to
review procedures and make sure no other dumb mistakes are made during
launch preparations and pad work.

Also, didn't I read that the Vandenberg booster is being shipped to
Kwaj, and Vandenberg will get another unit to use approximately
January?

The Space X website shows 2 Q4 launches from Kwaj, 1 each in 2007 and
2008 (and that's the F9!), and Vandenberg not until Q2 2008.

/dps

snidely wrote:
Damon Hill wrote:
richard schumacher wrote in news:no-spam-
:

Yeah, I know, it's only been two months. On the other hand, it's been
two months! How much other stuff are they finding that needs fixing?

What's the rush? There's an on-going investigation; they'll want to
review procedures and make sure no other dumb mistakes are made during
launch preparations and pad work.

Also, didn't I read that the Vandenberg booster is being shipped to
Kwaj, and Vandenberg will get another unit to use approximately
January?

The Space X website shows 2 Q4 launches from Kwaj, 1 each in 2007 and
2008 (and that's the F9!), and Vandenberg not until Q2 2008.

That is a recent update (May 30, to be exact). It makes sense that
SpaceX
should get the thing working out of Kwaj first. They probably wouldn't
be
able to launch out of Vandenberg this year anyway, since DoD has two
Delta IV launches planned. SLC 6 is somewhat downrange from SLC 3W.
Wasn't SpaceX going to have to move its Vandenberg launch site because
of the upcoming Atlas V move onto SLC 3E?

- Ed Kyle

Space X mimics NASA in a sense that it does not experiment with new
ideas.