There was a second successful Falcon I launch this July. NASA has been a significant contributor to the development of the Falcon vehicles through the funding from the COTS program.
Quote from: khallow on 12/25/2009 02:04 amThere was a second successful Falcon I launch this July. NASA has been a significant contributor to the development of the Falcon vehicles through the funding from the COTS program. Jim can more accurately chime in on this, but I believe Falcon 1 development didn't benefit as much from COTS funding (aimed at F9/Dragon) as it did from DoD funding. COTS came later in F1 development life cycle.