Initial Launch Vehicle Could Be On A Launch Pad In
"Months"
SpaceX reports that only a few months remain before the first
Falcon 9 Launch vehicle is assembled on a launch pad at Kennedy
Space Center, and that the initial flight of the Dragon spacecraft
qualification unit could come from one to three months after
that.
Using A Method Developed Nearly 50 Years Ago, NASA Aims Toward
The Future.
Waiting, fully assembled on its Mobile Launch Platform, the Ares
I-X flight development vehicle carries forward a form of flight
testing that was used in the early days of launch vehicle
evolution.
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