After reusing a rocket, SpaceX tries reusing Dragon capsule for ISS resupply
On Thursday afternoon, SpaceX is planning to relaunch a Dragon supply capsule that already spent a month in space nearly three years ago. The Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-11) will, weather permitting, blast off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1755 EDT (2155 UTC) with nearly 6, …
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Friday 2nd June 2017 03:01 GMT Kharkov
Re: The real question if they are reused capsules
Bid lower? Why? They should keep the bid at the same value, lower their costs through reuse of kit and enjoy the profits.
SpaceX has pioneered reuse and deserve to profit thereby. It's time for others to do the same thing now... or else see SpaceX develop a near-monopoly on the launch market. I'm sure the US would guarantee two or three launches a year at almost any cost just to keep other launch companies afloat but SpaceX is really likely to be the elephant in the room come the 2020's.
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Friday 2nd June 2017 08:45 GMT imanidiot
Re: Is there ever not a delay?
There have been plenty of launches right on schedule, but a launch getting delayed can happen due to such a massive array of things that it's highly likely for it to happen atleast once to any given launch. In fact, it's sometimes a miracle we get anything up there in the first place.
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Friday 2nd June 2017 07:51 GMT Sgt_Oddball
Clean underwear?
You mean to tell me they can recycle water, make an espresso and do mind bogglingly complex experiments but can't get a dry cleaning machine to work space?
Humm.. maybe thats why 70's scifi always made the jumpsuits look like they were wipe clean....
(Coat because I like mine nice and clean me)
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Friday 2nd June 2017 16:19 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Clean underwear?
"the Space station is warm, just don't wear clothes! "
Ben Elton once made a joke about parents coming for tea in their son's student accommodation. Then someone notices the inevitable pubic hair in the butter. Unless the astronauts are going to be smoothies then that could also clog up equipment in the ISS.
You can always tell which IT homeworkers don't bother to dress when working - their keyboards accumulate a lot of short curly hairs under the keys.
Pubic hairs are unusually short-lived - that's why you don't get Methuselah beards down your trouser legs. IIRC about 3 months for a life cycle - whereas a hair on our heads lasts up to seven years.