October 18, 2007

While RPK Flops SpaceX Moves Ahead

SpaceX Successfully Completes NASA Critical Design Review for First Commercial Transportation System to the International Space Station

"SpaceX has successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for its first Falcon 9 / Dragon mission as part of the NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration program. During a three day period, SpaceX hosted a group of over forty top level NASA representatives and key SpaceX customers for a review of the design of the Falcon 9 rocket, Dragon spacecraft and associated ground systems for the first COTS demonstration mission."


Posted by kcowing at October 18, 2007 9:53 PM

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