Detail Keep on Truckin': Private Space Flight   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 403 no. 8783 (May 2012), page 77-78. Topik: Government Agencies; Private Sector; Spacecraft; Research & Development--R&D Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.71 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel Six years ago, when NASA, America's space agency, announced it wanted the private sector to take over responsibility for ferrying cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), many scoffed that it was a fantasy. But yesterday's fantasy has become today's reality, and private enterprise is busy putting together rocket-propelled delivery vans to do just that--and, eventually, to take astronauts as well. One of the leading firms in the field, SpaceX, has already notched up a string of successful flights (and a few failures, too) with its Falcon rockets. This month it will attempt its most ambitious mission yet: a rendezvous with the space station. If all goes according to plan, a Falcon 9 rocket carrying an unmanned Dragon space capsule will blast off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. After three days in orbit, the Dragon will put itself on a trajectory that will bring it close to the station, starting an intricate orbital dance that will allow SpaceX and the astronauts aboard the station to test the capsule's communications and manoeuvrings systems. If everything checks out, then the Dragon will nose right up to the ISS. The astronauts on board will grab it with a robotic arm and link it to the station, and the first private-sector delivery to the space station will then have taken place. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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