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Genesis I successfully launched!
A converted Dnepr rocket successfully launched with Bigelow's Genesis I
on board, at 1453 GMT today. It reached its designated orbit (about 515 km) minutes later. Bigelow controllers expect to begin the inflation process later today. In the immortal words of Luke Skywalker: Ya-hoo!!! I wish the Bigelow team the best of luck for a successful and educational deployment, and eagerly look forward to more news and images of this historic flight. Cheers, - Joe |
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Genesis I successfully launched!
Joe Strout wrote:
A converted Dnepr rocket successfully launched with Bigelow's Genesis I on board, at 1453 GMT today. It reached its designated orbit (about 515 km) minutes later. Bigelow controllers expect to begin the inflation process later today. In the immortal words of Luke Skywalker: Ya-hoo!!! I wish the Bigelow team the best of luck for a successful and educational deployment, and eagerly look forward to more news and images of this historic flight. Here's more info on the launch: http://www.space.com/missionlaunches...-1_launch.html I could never figure out if they planned any experiments INSIDE the bubble. I mean, the inflatable habitat, sorry. Anyone knows? Cheers, D~ -- http://www.air-space.us/ The News and Discussions Platform for the Airspace Community no-spam Web and RSS access to sci.space.policy - 31125 messages and counting! ##-----------------------------------------------## +----------[ NASA FACTS ]-----------------+ | Equinox literally means "equal night." | | On an equinox, the Sun is above the | | equator, so both the northern and | | southern hemispheres of the Earth | | receive about the same amount of | | sunlight, and day and night are the | | same length. | +-----------------------------------------+ |
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Genesis I successfully launched!
"DA" wrote in message m... Joe Strout wrote: A converted Dnepr rocket successfully launched with Bigelow's Genesis I on board, at 1453 GMT today. It reached its designated orbit (about 515 km) minutes later. Bigelow controllers expect to begin the inflation process later today. In the immortal words of Luke Skywalker: Ya-hoo!!! I wish the Bigelow team the best of luck for a successful and educational deployment, and eagerly look forward to more news and images of this historic flight. Here's more info on the launch: http://www.space.com/missionlaunches...-1_launch.html I could never figure out if they planned any experiments INSIDE the bubble. I mean, the inflatable habitat, sorry. Anyone knows? This version doesn't have life-support systems onboard, it's merely to test the durabillity of the inflatable shell. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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