Re: SpaceX - on the cover of Discover magazine

Space X was / is the next step. They annoned it after rutan won the X prize,
now it is for the first one to ORBIT the earth and return.


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"Bob Kaplow" <kaplow_r@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Does any one know anything about this SpaceX stuff that's on the cover of
> Discover magazine. They are building a 2 engine 2 staage launch vehicle.
> According to the article, their test stand is in McGregor TX. The same
> town
> we've flown our rockets, and just around the corner from "W".
>
> Makes me wish I were a .com gazillionare...
>
> --
> Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L >>> To reply, there's no internet on Mars (yet)!
> <<<
> Kaplow Klips & Baffle: http://nira-rocketry.org/Document/MayJun00.pdf
> www.encompasserve.org/~kaplow_r/ www.nira-rocketry.org
> www.nar.org
>
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> repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the
> struggle for independence. -- Charles A. Beard


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