[Westy]

Anyone following what is going on with these guys?

www.SpaceX.com

I think it is as cool as hell. Not in the nerdy Star Trek way but it seems as though these guys could put NASA out of business, proving rocket science isn't exactly rocket science. Looks like they should have their first delayed launch this month.

Edit: More info

http://www.discover.com/issues/sep-05/cover/

 

[stosh]

RainX

MalcomX

ok now you go again.








Ps. pretty cool website.

 

[Angus]

RainX

MalcomX

ok now you go again.

Don't forget Racer X (if Speed had only known that he was his lost brother)

 

[stosh]

Don't forget Racer X (if Speed had only known that he was his lost brother)

Brilliant! Good call!!

Sometimes I think Westy is my long lost brother, I wonder if I should say something to him.

 

[urbaindk]

No job openings for materials engineers. Bummer.

Just plain old X (as in the band)

 

[DamienC]

With the exception of sub-orbital sounding rockets, NASA doesn't build its own launch vehicles anymore. Boeing's Delta and Lockheed-Martin's Atlas rockets have been mainstay launch vehicles for both NASA and DoD for quite some time. I think it's really cool that there are more players like this coming into the arena. Since launch vehicles always make up the lion's share of any spacecraft program it's nice to have some low cost options out there assuming they can deliver. Nothing like spending a decade working on spaceflight hardware only to see it blow up on the pad.

 

[Westy]

Brilliant! Good call!!

Sometimes I think Westy is my long lost brother, I wonder if I should say something to him.

Do you have a superfluous third nipple too?

 

[urbaindk]

DamienC - would you be apprehensive about working for a company like this? Do you think they can deliver? I mean getting into space is a pretty big undertaking.

Just wondering.

 

[stosh]

Do you have a superfluous third nipple too?

Actually I have a 3rd and 4th.

 

[urbaindk]

Actually I have a 3rd and 4th.

Did you have too many bovine growth hormones as a kid?

 

[stosh]

Did you have too many bovine growth hormones as a kid?

basically I'm hung like a female schnauzer.

 

[DamienC]

DamienC - would you be apprehensive about working for a company like this? Do you think they can deliver? I mean getting into space is a pretty big undertaking.

Just wondering.

It sounds like they have their act together based on their literature but I imagine they'll have to cut their teeth on smaller, lower risk payloads. Their launch manifest looks pretty impressive though.