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SpaceX announces new space era

Washington, USA - "It is like the advent of the Internet in the mid 1990s"

The launch of the Falcon 9 and its Dragon capsule has demonstrated that SpaceX is now ready to officially begin the supply of the International Space Station under a NASA contract. Using a private-funded commercial carrier rocket for this operation was the definitive transition from government to private-sector resupply of the ISS with cheap launchers. Elon Musk, SpaceX founder, said that "This...

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Rome, Italy, 05/29/2012 13:07
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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