31st May 2012, 09:52
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Dragon un-birthed, and has just been released - first departure burn underway. Moving away.
So cool watching this. 
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31st May 2012, 15:32
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Dragon re-entering now - live on Nasa TV.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html Splash down in 12mins.
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31st May 2012, 15:39
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3 good main chutes - YAY!
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31st May 2012, 15:44
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SPLASHDOWN! and the crowd goes wild!!
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31st May 2012, 15:46
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that was meant tongue in cheek...
 We'll get images of the dragon in the water later on I guess.
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31st May 2012, 17:32
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Quote:
Still, this is all very very good news, and certainly a sign post of things to come.
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31st May 2012, 20:13
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Does anyone know when there first manned test flight will be?
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31st May 2012, 20:56
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Depends on who you ask. Some tend to think that SpaceX is still several years from a man-rated vehicle, but in the past couple of weeks Elon has moved that goal head. In a recent press conference, Elon said that SpaceX could be ready as early as 2014.
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2nd Jun 2012, 08:55
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Dragon descent, as seen by one of the chase planes:
It's quite cool seeing it disappear through the cloud deck, followed by those huge parachutes. And by the looks of the end of the video, Dragon appears to be a pretty good yacht as well.
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