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Submission + - SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon make it to orbit (spacex.com)

Submitted by jnaujok on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @12:06PM

jnaujok writes: This morning the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 10:43 Eastern time, after an earlier launch had been scrubbed because of a bad telemetry feed. A little over 9 minutes later, the Dragon capsule separate from the second stage into its intended orbit. Part of the COTS (Commercial access To Space) program, this is the first test of the Dragon capsule by SpaceX to prove it can be used to ferry supplies to the ISS. The Dragon capsule will make two or three orbits before returning to Earth about four hours after launch.

Submission + - GPS Tracking Without a Warrant Declared Legal (yahoo.com) 2

Submitted by jnaujok on Wednesday August 25, 2010 @02:38PM

jnaujok writes: The Ninth Circuit court has declared that attaching a GPS tracker to your car, as it sits in your driveway, or, by extension on a public street, and then using it to monitor every one of your movements, is totally legal, and can be performed by the police without needing a warrant. So, if you live in the Western United States, big brother has arrived.

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