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SpaceX Back in Action

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After watching the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explode shortly after launch back in June, two things were going through my head.  “How will they handle this disaster?” and “When will they return to flight?”  The first question was answered in the weeks that followed as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reported that the most likely cause of the accident was a failure in a second stage strut that held a high pressure helium tank in place.  The second question could be answered this evening when the first Falcon 9 launch in six months takes place at Cape Canaveral. The last time a...

SpaceX Dragon Capsule Catastrophe After Launch

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I was downtown Toronto this morning, dressed in a suit and holding my umbrella to stay dry and navigate the city streets as they were soaked with rain.  I was headed to the CBC building on John street to do an interview about the SpaceX CRS-7 mission that would launch an hour later.  This would be a very important mission, the seventh of twelve ISS resupply missions contracted by NASA. It was also the third attempt at a secondary goal – landing the first stage launch vehicle, the Falcon 9 rocket, upright on an ocean platform, a feat that had...