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Dopefish
on Friday February 21 2014, @05:00PM
from the rocket-kits-are-awesome-these-days dept.
from the rocket-kits-are-awesome-these-days dept.
WildWombat writes:
"nasaspaceflight.com reports that the next Falcon 9 flight will attempt a soft splashdown off the coast of Florida to test its newly installed landing legs. If successful, this will be a major step along the path to a reusable rocket.
The flight, CRS-3, is an ISS resupply mission scheduled for March 16th. The pace of SpaceX technology development is truly impressive."
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Is a tattoo real, like a curb or a battleship? Or are we suffering in Safeway?
(Score: 4, Interesting) by bigjimslade on Friday February 21 2014, @09:26PM
...The pace of SpaceX technology development is truly impressive...
I would expect that, given they are working their staff to death.
Talked with a few engineers that have left; one just got off a 140 hour work week, which drove him to leave. not sure there is much choice for aero engineers, though.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by Blackmoore on Friday February 21 2014, @10:05PM
So, it really was like working for a bond villain?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 21 2014, @10:30PM
140 hours? That's 4h/day off work. I hope he slept in the office because otherwise his commute would eat up half of his sleep time. Crazy.