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#SpaceX |SpaceX‘s Rocket Development testing facility in McGregor –Texas – “they test rockets here too.. ?“

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One of many facilities of SpaceX is it’s testing facilities one of two, one is located in McGregor Texas in which is currently used for its multitude various iconic new engines, research, also development before its roll out onto to actual practical launch pad for commercial use..  in which this one is also responsible of testing out reusable testing launching systems that which made SpaceX iconic with its Falcon nine reusable systems in an accelerated rapid turnaround..

The McGregor Texas Facilities, is designed to primarily at first to test out the grasshopper system in which makes the Falcon nine also its next generation of SpaceX rocket reusable in which of it’s High altitude and velocity systems..  Also it’s where the Dragon reusable manned and Unmanned is tested out also..  Within the Facilities it’s a certification processing department for the merlin engines that orthough it manufactured in company’s California’s Hawthorne Headquarters, most of the systems get certified before it rolls onto the East Coast launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center iconic Launch Complex 39A, nearby on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on its currently under repairs launch complexes.  Apart from the East Coast it also has a West Coast launch complex at Vandenberg Air force Base, in where it also has a Space Shuttle Vertical Assembly Building with a ready to launch pad nearby..

The McGregor Facility makes sense in which it’s basically rural farm land it accommodate safety to the public besides the resident cattle nearby…..Also it makes testing new and current equipment with its three test stands that’s dedicated to the Falcon nine reusable..  Also engine testing.. With its current testing to date over four thousand Merlin Engines with fifty more clustered Merlin engine testing….  In which is presumably the McGregor facilities is going to get more development as the BFR-interplanetary Rocket takes shape as a interplanetary also a Space-Airliner systems aswell.. From a Quiet farmland that rustle tamely cattle in the area with a abandon world war two Mutations factory transforming into an industry that became from the late 20th century…..

SPACE X | a 360 view of Falcon nine reusable finally landed – on a drone ship.. Job well done..!

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On ninth of April 2016, “Space X” have finally landed their first stage reusable on drone ship platform after several trials and errors in unstable conditions with an uncertain environment in which the Atlantic Ocean it is unforgiving elements.  Then the CR8 mission is the eighth resupply mission to the international Space Station, in supplying food, on-board experiments, also an inflatable module unit in development with Bigelow Aerospace for their construction of Space Stations of variant type of usage in one usage is the later construction of a new private commercial  Space station to trials in eventually become orbital hotels in orbit around Earth therefore bringing  reduction cost of traveling in affordable space tourism to the common mainstream market then later onward using the same concept of inflatable modules on the Moon Luna as the next step of affordable space tourism, .

Also this is pretty great as you play the footage of the Falcon nine landing..  you can move the video footage around to see and watch as the first stage commerce a landing on a drone barge..

 

 

SPACE X | an upgraded Falcon nine First static firing… those Merlin’s…!

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On 21st of September 2015 “SpaceX” did a Test firing on their newly improve Falcon nine Merlin engines, the testing was on the Densified Propellant… the new testing of the modified engines of the nine Merlin’s increase in sea level thrust of 170,000 from its previous 147,000 pounds… with the newly acquired thrust is hopefully to increase in Payload weight in given packaging on the Dragon nine Cargo or Manned to the international space station as it due to replace the Russian Federal Space Agency, RKA’s tendership of Crew Transport on the Soyuz, manned Progress Command Module… The test firing, a planned fifteen seconds, testing the first stage at Space X’s McGregor Test Launch facilities at Texas….

 

SPACE X |the sleek Luxurious Dragon interior……

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Command modules come a long way from the days of Apollo; the Space Shuttle also the Soyuz program, especially the design technology ergonomics aspects and it’s functionally. As the days of building up to when the Soyuz tendership from launching passengering Astronauts and Cosmonauts   starts to expire from the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos end once” NASA”” Boeing’s” Orion and “Space X’s Dragon Manned Command Module” takes its place …

As for the interior in this was based on utilizing the up to date technologies.  One or many things that I like about the Manned Dragon nine Module, is the clean white tidy lines inside with the basics colours of white and black, in allowing more outside therefore using less energy to light up the interior for seven crew members….also the interior resemble something out from the a pimp out white out Nissan Skyline..

As with the central console in which allows navigation, communications and Helm control… noting everything is wireless connected that you could control the vehicle from a tablet or through an EVA suit as the Orion Command Module is which makes everything efficient…  looking at the main console is there’s no switches like the old days of Apollo Module replacing is a tri touch screen in which reduces the accidental switching in which is housed in protective housing… It should very interesting to see the NASA Boeing Orion Module interior would looks whether it would looks very sleek likes Space X Manned Dragon’s Command Module..

 

SPACE X| Dragon nine’s pad abort test… !

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On a moderately fine Florida day on “Space X” launch complex forty, (SLC-40) On a Wednesday May sixth 2015… as that fine day came around on (SLC) Space Launch pad complex 40, at Cape Canaveral, Florida.. Where that Launch Pad complex is usually for commercial launching….

In this launch, it’s to elevate the operational of the Dragon nine reusable abort systems and learn from the launch to make any necessary changes before a manned Launch program on the Dragon nine reusable on the launch calendar of 2017… as within the ninety second duration the first stage launched at an altitude of 106 Kilometres over the Atlantic ocean  with firing its super Draco clustered engines launching both the first stage and the command module over to east wise  2.6 Kilometres off  the Cape Canaveral’s Launch complex…  the operational of the test  turns out as planned. ..It’s going to be interesting to see how the Dragon reusable is gonna to compete with Boeing’s Command module how it’s going to transport crew to in various mission specs…