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May 31st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Rather than build and operate a government-owned replacement, NASA is
investing in companies such as SpaceX, with the aim of buying rides for its
cargo – and eventually astronauts – on commercial vehicles, a far cheaper
alternative.
The successful trial run is expected to clear SpaceX to begin working off its
12-flight, $1.6 billion NASA contract to fly cargo to the station.
A second commercial freighter, built by Orbital Sciences Corp, is expected to
debut this year. Orbital also has a contract to deliver space station cargo
valued at $1.9 billion.
In Thursday’s operation, astronauts detached the Dragon capsule from its
berthing port on the station’s Harmony connecting node at 4:07am. EDT (0807
GMT) using the station’s 58-foot long (17.7-meter) robotic crane.
The spacecraft then soared around the planet at 17,500 miles per hour (28,164
kilometres per hour).
European, Japanese and Russian cargo ships now flying to the station only make
one-way trips, leaving Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which are used to transport
crew and have little room for cargo, as the only vehicles now flying that
return to Earth.
Source: Reuters
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