ISS Robotic Arm Captures Dragon Capsule 147
puddingebola writes "From the aricle, 'The SpaceX Dragon capsule has been successfully grabbed by the International Space Station, marking the first time a private American space flight has run a supply mission to the orbiting platform. The crew of the ISS snatched Dragon out of orbit ahead of schedule, using the space station's robotic arm to guide the capsule in after its careful approach.' NASA has also posted video of the docking."
Re:Second? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Yes but... (Score:5, Insightful)
http://xkcd.com/605/ [xkcd.com]
Describes you. I think.
Re:Second? (Score:4, Insightful)
I seem to be wrong
Congratulations! That's the first time I've seen that phrase in a slashdot comment!
Re:Second docking but first contracted supply miss (Score:4, Insightful)
If SpaceX did anything, it removed the, "must build something for the Shuttle in each state" mantra, so that things are built where they make sense to build them. There apparently had been a company that could have built solid rocket boosters for the shuttle as one-piece structures and barged them to Florida instead of multiple 14' segments with those demonized o-rings, but Utah's Thiokol built 'em instead and had to segment them to bring them by rail.
Simply ending the need to split things up stupidly is alone going to help the costs.