(Orbital Updates #2) SpaceX Successfully Lanches Dragon to ISS

Today is a historic day for commercial spaceflight. The second demonstration mission for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program is under way as SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lifted off on May 22nd from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 3:44 a.m. EDT.

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[KKM121]

1:09 Correction:

The Dragon will not "dock" with the ISS, it will "berth" with it.

You probably know this already, you were just too excited.

[OTmikhail]

yeah yeah yeah words and definitions and stuff. lol. just kidding. Yeah I knew that, but was definitly too excited when I made this video.

[Jayenwoods]

haha if only everyone had a passion as strong as yours for space, or any other healthy passion for that matter, the likes of drugs and over use of alcohol wouldn't exist in the world lol

I'm really hoping everything else goes well from here on :))

[OTmikhail]

Thank you very much. I hope my passion is contagious and addicting.

[Starpilot149]

May 22, 2012.

A day my kids will remember better than their own birthdays.

[TOTCD]

A new era has begun!

[Starpilot149]

Hey, you may want to watch this video. SpaceX might be involved with a 2023 mars settlement.

/watch?v=6QoEEGySGm4&feature=g­-all-s

[Jayenwoods]

haha it certainly is for some ;)

[Davis Green]

You are living at the right time..The next 10 to 20 years we will finally get what was show in the film 2001..

[karlhanso]

Intelsat and SpaceX announce the first commercial contract for the Falcon Heavy rocket. --->HIGH FIVE SPACEx

[matthewakian2]

This is great, I think it is Miller/ Skol time!

[KKM121]

I agree with you on that. But that's the long term.

If SpaceX goes IPO soon, the general public will not give as big a reaction as for FaceBook because they don't know SpaceX as well.

[FillingTheGap1]

holy cow, spacex really cheered. I watched your video on the grasshopper. If they really can drive costs down THAT far I hope they're able to just take over NASA's attempt at the SLS and get going to the moon. I really want to see a manned moon landing!

[GlanderBrondurg]

I think the potential is for SpaceX to make substantially more money over the long term, say a century or more (assuming leadership at SpaceX stays firm to Elon Musk's vision of the future), is vastly larger than what Facebook could ever dream of doing.

While I can't say that SpaceX is necessarily going to fit in this category as a certainty, the potential is there for SpaceX to have over a trillion dollars in annual revenue. They could become the largest company in world history.

[Andrew Hattam]

Blinding..... You had better give us a report when they dock at the ISS or we will kick your ass to the stars... Woooooooo

[thisisnotajoke]

2:57 omg for a split second I was thinking you would say "I'll be heading to the ISS"...lol :D