Under Musk’s leadership, SpaceX landed several high-profile contracts with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Air Force to design space launch rockets. Musk has publicized plans to send an astronaut to Mars by 2025 in a collaborative effort with NASA...
But it is the low cost - brought about through the recovery and reuse of the boosters - that Elon Musk believes will be a game-changer when allied to the new performance. "It'll be game-over for all other heavy-lift rockets," he told reporters on Monday. "It'll be like trying to ...
Elon Musk: SpaceX will launch more rockets than any nation on Earth this yearDave Mosher
Earlier this year, SpaceX andTeslaCEO Elon Musk made history upon successfullycompletingthe first commercial rocket launch from the NASA launch pad which also sent astronauts to the moon. Although Musk studiedphysics and economicsin college, he actually first learned about rocketsby reading books. In...
When he's not launching rockets, drilling beneath the streets of Los Angeles, or propelling vehicles beyond our atmosphere, Elon Musk spends considerable time reading. Here are 9 non-fiction books recommended by Musk that he believes everyone should dive into. ...
"We'll go public at some point and I think the evaluationwill be good...but no rush to go public or anything. We'll probably bring in someexternal funding next year," Musk said, "but we'll see...it may not benecessary." For customers out there launching on SpaceX rockets down th...
And when it comes to "the death of Twitter", Musk would happily claim responsibility, with X the phoenix rising from its ashes. But unlike the rockets of SpaceX (well, most of them), biographer Vlismas doubts how far it can fly. ...
Musk's Lofty Projects The company aims to save on manufacturingexpensesby pursuing the creation of reusable rockets rather than the industry standard of one-time-use rockets, thus decreasing the overall cost of entering space.13When you consider the interplanetary goals, it's one of Musk's most...
"Crazy things can come true," Musk said. "I didn't really think this would work — when I see the rocket lift up, I see a thousand things that could not work, and it's amazing when they do." "I've seen rockets blow up so many different ways, so it's a big relief for when...
ELON MUSK: I mean, to be frank, civilization is feeling a little fragile these days. BRUMFIEL: Elon estimates that it's going to take around a million tons of supplies to get the city started. And SpaceX's current rockets can't move a million tons to Mars, but Starship can. ...