Dragon Rocket Fizzles! 1960 all over again~

On May 19, 6:30*am, "jonathan" wrote:
See the launch abort video...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O4V7JfeTSU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JwtONW8oTU

WHY has the last FIFTY YEARS of space activity
ended up where it all started?

Jonathan

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It has not. It's a huge difference to have a cargo rocket under the
control of a cyberbot rather than a human. The cost of life support
is deleted, and this is what makes corporate space travel
affordable.

Singanas

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On May 19, 6:30*am, "jonathan" wrote:
See the launch abort video...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O4V7JfeTSU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JwtONW8oTU

WHY has the last FIFTY YEARS of space activity
ended up where it all started?

It has not. It's a huge difference to have a cargo rocket under the
control of a cyberbot rather than a human. The cost of life support
is deleted, and this is what makes corporate space travel
affordable.

I don't buy this argument. If that were true, ESA and JAXA's costs to
develop and fly ATV and HTV would be as low as SpaceX and Dragon.
That's simply not the case.

Costs for SpaceX are simply far lower than anyone else. How did they do
this? The focus was on low cost from the beginning. With Dragon docked
at ISS, it's becoming extremely hard to argue with their success.

Jeff
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" Ares 1 is a prime example of the fact that NASA just can't get it
up anymore... and when they can, it doesn't stay up long. "
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