SpaceX is set to try launching the Falcon 9 & Dragon again tonight!

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Looks like they fixed the faulty valve that caused an overpressure in engine #5, resulting in the computer automatically shutting down the rocket a half second before launch.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again!

http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20120521/SPACE/305210004/SpaceX-set-second-shot-launch?nclick_check=1

SpaceX set for second shot at launch

Suspicious valve fixed; Countdown for ISS journey begins tonight

The second countdown to the launch of a privately operated supply ship to the International Space Station is expected to begin tonight, with liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station planned at 3:44 a.m. Tuesday.

SpaceX teams over the weekend replaced an engine valve thought to be responsible for the last-second abort of Saturday’s first launch attempt, shortly after engines lit beneath a Falcon 9 rocket at Launch Complex 40.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted Sunday that simulations showed the launch would have been OK even with the problem valve.

"Still, better to stop & fix," he tweeted. "Recalling rockets after launch is not an option."

[longship]

1. I like Musk

He earlier said that any failure would be his fault.

Fuck! If only the Republicans had that attitude.

Instead, all we get is, "Wadn't me. Wadn't me! Wadn't me!!"

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2. Musk is awesome! He's got vision and he's putting his money where his mouth is.

He literally wants to take humanity into space, and he's investing his millions into doing it!

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3. I hate that Nasa has been gutted

But I have to say that I am looking forward to seeing more space exploration and what more we find out there.

Someday that's going to be my boy up there He had set his goal on Nasa but now he's been looking into the private companies like spacex and Virgin.