Posted on Jan 8, 2018
SpaceX Launches Secret Zuma Mission for US Government, Lands Rocket
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SpaceX lofted the super-secret Zuma spacecraft for the U.S. government tonight (Jan. 7), successfully executing a mission that also featured yet another landing by the first stage of the company's Falcon 9 rocket.
The Falcon 9 lifted off at 8 p.m. EST (0100 GMT on Jan. 8) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, on Florida's Space Coast. Capt Seid Waddell COL Mikel J. Burroughs PO1 William "Chip" Nagel A1C (Join to see) CPT Aaron Kletzing SGT (Join to see) PFC Kyle Corcoran 1LT (Anonymous) SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas MSG Mario Franco Paul Wayne GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad Col (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski SSG (Join to see) A1C (Join to see) SGM Matthew Quick 1stSgt Glenn Brackin SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SGM (Join to see)
The Falcon 9 lifted off at 8 p.m. EST (0100 GMT on Jan. 8) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, on Florida's Space Coast. Capt Seid Waddell COL Mikel J. Burroughs PO1 William "Chip" Nagel A1C (Join to see) CPT Aaron Kletzing SGT (Join to see) PFC Kyle Corcoran 1LT (Anonymous) SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas MSG Mario Franco Paul Wayne GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad Col (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski SSG (Join to see) A1C (Join to see) SGM Matthew Quick 1stSgt Glenn Brackin SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SGM (Join to see)
SpaceX Launches Secret Zuma Mission for US Government, Lands Rocket
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Score another for private industry vs government agencies. Why didn't the govt ever try recovering rockets? Why should they? They had access to the deepest pockets in the world, OURS!
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Erin Nelson
CPT Jack Durish, Thank you for your response.
The power of private enterprise in government projects, is that the freedom of information act does not apply. The travesty is that in the power of that secrecy is even more greatly escalated contract pricing. As it is, I as a private individual can purchase a single individual item in a normal store at normal retail, and lets for example the item costs 20.00 The government who is obtaining the same item in bulk perhaps 10,000 of that same item. You would think then the pricing given quantity should be much less. However thanks to extremely jargonized and intentionally purposed at misconstruel, the government on average is paying for example 365.00 for the same item.
The power of private enterprise in government projects, is that the freedom of information act does not apply. The travesty is that in the power of that secrecy is even more greatly escalated contract pricing. As it is, I as a private individual can purchase a single individual item in a normal store at normal retail, and lets for example the item costs 20.00 The government who is obtaining the same item in bulk perhaps 10,000 of that same item. You would think then the pricing given quantity should be much less. However thanks to extremely jargonized and intentionally purposed at misconstruel, the government on average is paying for example 365.00 for the same item.
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It is really amazing what they are doing. Shared the vid with my Mom and she laughed that I didn't have to skip school to see the launch like I did when I was a kid!
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