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Title: Millionaire's test rocket reaches orbit on 1st try
Post by: Allhallowsday on June 05, 2010, 08:09:52 PM
Millionaire's test rocket reaches orbit on 1st try 
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A multimillionaire's test rocket blasted off on its maiden voyage Friday and successfully reached orbit in a dry run for NASA's push to go commercial.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket achieved Earth orbit nine minutes into the flight as planned, drawing praise from NASA, the White House and others eager for the company to start resupplying the International Space Station.

"This has really been a fantastic day," said an exuberant Elon Musk, SpaceX's founder. He said Friday's launch helps vindicate President Barack Obama's plan to give private companies the job of ferrying cargo and ultimately people to the space station, freeing up NASA to aim for true outer space.

"This bodes very well for the Obama plan," said Musk, the co-founder of PayPal. "It shows that even a sort of small new company like SpaceX can make a real difference..."   

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100604/ap_on_hi_te/us_test_rocket  (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100604/ap_on_hi_te/us_test_rocket)