[MilCom] Fwd: [MilRadioComms] New Space Capsule has a problem!

[AllanStern at aol.com]

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off  Friday to send an unmanned Dragon 
cargo capsule on its quickest trip yet to the  International Space Station, but 
the company reported a problem with the Dragon  in orbit. 
The Falcon 9 made a problem-free ascent  from its launch pad at Cape 
Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 10:10 a.m.  ET. A half-hour after 
launch, SpaceX's billionaire founder, Elon Musk, _reported in a Twitter update_ 
(https://twitter.com/elonmusk/statuses/307515784610058241)  that controllers  
were looking into a technical issue involving the capsule. 
"Issue with Dragon thruster pods," Musk  wrote. "System inhibiting three of 
four [pods] from initializing. About to  command inhibit override." 
http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/01/17146712-spacex-launches-drago
n-to-space-station-but-problem-reported-in-orbit
 
AL STERN  Satellite Beach  FL
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