At Long Last, a Private Cargo Spaceship Takes Off (Video)

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Tuesday morning at 0344, right on schedule (and it had to be right on schedule), Elon Musk's baby finally left the launch pad on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). Two babies, actually: the Falcon 9 launch vehicle is what we watched as it took off from Cape Canaveral -- the first private spaceship headed for the ISS -- with the Dragon spacecraft perched on its nose. The Dragon carried over 1000 pounds of supplies and experiments for the ISS. The launch went off without a hitch. But don't stop holding your breath quite yet; Dragon isn't scheduled to dock at the ISS until Friday.

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Re:Popping sound

[medcalf]

Well they can't rap, silly!

Re:And now we can cut off space funding.

[Anonymous Coward]

Shut the fuck up, dufus.

Re:Sputtering bunsen burner

[electron sponge]

I'm assuming the noise is more due to the mic cutting out than actual sound that the rocket made. Are there mics that can capture the roar, so it can be played back in DTS? :)

They should have used Monster Cables.

Re:Popping sound

[longacre]

NASA probably used special $3 billion taxpayer-funded microphones for their launches, whereas cost-conscious SpaceX bought theirs at Best Buy.

Re:Popping sound

[KPU]

So SpaceX paid more?

Re:Popping sound

[Man On Pink Corner]

This is aerospace engineering, not kid stuff. You have to buy the optional Monster Cables and add the extended warranty.

Re:Ahhh night launches

[BasilBrush]

Trouble is it was too dark to see the milk-bottle they launched it from.