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Falcon 9 Rocket Failure a Huge Blow to SpaceX: Musk
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and NASA’s ISS Manager Mike Suffredini discuss ISS research and the June 28, 2015 Falcon 9 launch disaster at the International Space Station Research & Development Conference being held in Boston, Mass, on July 7. Credit: NASA
In his first public comments since the surprise disintegration of the commercial SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket some two minutes after last week’s liftoff on June 28, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said today (July 7) that the launch failure was a “huge blow” to his company and the cause remains elusive and is under intense investigation.
“The accident was a huge blow to SpaceX,” Musk told the opening session of the International Space Station Research & Development Conference being held in Boston, Mass, during an on-stage conversation with NASA’s International Space Station manager Mike Suffredini. (…)
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Post tags: cargo dragon, cargo resupply, commercial resupply services (CRS), Commercial Space, CRS, CRS-7, Elon Musk, Falcon 9, Falcon 9 rocket explosion, International Space Station (ISS), ISS, SpaceX, SpaceX CRS-7
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