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Little spaceflight outfit aiming high

By ROBERT BLOCK THE ORLANDO SENTINEL

Asked what bugs them most about NASA outsourcing the job of flying crews to the international space station, some astronauts roll their eyes and say: “Dragon.” That’s the name of the capsule being built by SpaceX, the aerospace startup founded by Internet tycoon Elon Musk. It’s a vehicle that’s designed to be fully automated.

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Photographs by The Associated Press

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  • Headline: Little spaceflight outfit aiming high
  • Publication: Business, Pages 21 on 10/26/2009
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