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SpaceX finally reaches orbit after fourth try

(AP) -- An Internet entrepreneur's latest effort to make space launch more affordable paid off Sunday when his commercial rocket, carrying a dummy payload, was lofted into orbit from the South Pacific.



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Posted by Modernmystic 09/29/08 06:32
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Buh Bye NASA...
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Posted by earls 09/29/08 08:09
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Congratulations. I was exceptional hard on the on their last failure, I'm glad to see they were triumphant. Even more impressive the rocket was built from scratch.
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Posted by earls 09/29/08 10:38
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Posted by thales 09/29/08 11:04
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Oh thank Free Market...
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Posted by Sirussinder 09/29/08 11:15
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wow!

Nasa is eating alot of dust, first China, now this!
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Posted by vlam67 09/29/08 16:56
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Congratulations!
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Posted by abraham_ola 09/30/08 18:48
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Congratulations. This is a booster to all of us with our sights on walking the moon soon without government endorsements.
 

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