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NASA's Plum Brook Station tests rocket fairing for SpaceX (video)

Plain Dealer | Sat, 25 May 2013 19:07:54 -0700

CEO Musk has Tweeted updates on SpaceX's rocket fairing trials to his more than 211,000 followers, and the company recently posted a video on its YouTube channel. (The Plum Brook space environment complex also doubled as a science lab in last year's ...

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SpaceX moving Grasshopper testing to New Mexico

Waco Tribune-Herald (blog) | Tue, 07 May 2013 14:02:05 -0700

UPDATE, 4:40 PM: Just heard back from SpaceX's Christina Ra, both by email and a subsequent phone call. From the email: "Spaceport America offers the physical and regulatory landscape needed to complete the next phase of Grasshopper testing, ...

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Heads up: SpaceX testing is about to get louder

Waco Tribune-Herald (blog) | Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:04:41 -0700

I'll hopefully know more over the weekend. Stay tuned. UPDATE, 4/30: This almost certainly falls under the heading "Barn Door Closed Too Late," but those of you linking here from CSExtra and elsewhere over the weekend: Hello, and here's the followup.

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Pentagon sees doubled cost for rocket launch program

MSN Money | Thu, 23 May 2013 18:39:51 -0700

UPDATE 1-Pentagon sees doubled cost for rocket launch program. May 23, 2013 9:27 PM ET. By Andrea Shalal-Esa. WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on ... Elon Musk, founder and chief executive of privately owned Space Exploration Technologies ...

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