SpaceX Aborts Test Flight To ISS

[RemoW]

Looks like they had an engine failure due to high pressure in one of the nine main engines on the Dragon 9 rocket and had to abort. Pretty cool to see that we're really close to commercial flights into space won't be long now until the average Joe can purchase a ticket into orbit. I'm sure we'll see this in our life time.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47486307

[ShoHashi]

Looks like they had an engine failure due to high pressure in one of the nine main engines on the Dragon 9 rocket and had to abort. Pretty cool to see that we're really close to commercial flights into space won't be long now until the average Joe can purchase a ticket into orbit. I'm sure we'll see this in our life time.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47486307

Yeah, and then we can also quit having to rely on the Russians to get us to the ISS.

-Sho

[RemoW]

Well we don't depend on the Russians any more Sho we did it the Dragon 9 rockets on its way to the ISS.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47514404/ns/technology_and_science-space/

[ShoHashi]

Nice, Remo!

-Sho

[ShoHashi]

Dragon is now berthed at the ISS! I had nothing better to do this morning, so I watched it live on NASA TV.

-Sho

[Protoford]

...and back home!

[ShoHashi]

This was great! I'm looking forward to SpaceX sending astronauts up in the Dragon in a few years. From what I read, it'll easily carry 7 at a time.

-Sho