Design/methodology/approach The study uses a case study of SpaceX Hyperloop. The analyses if Hyperloop would bring about a paradigmatic shift in the transportation industry are based on the classical economic theories of technology S-curves (Utterback and Abernathy, 1975; Fisher and Pry, 1971) ...
Plans to develop a heavy-lift launch vehicle began at SpaceX as early as 2005. The methane–oxygen engines were in development by 2012 and prototypes of the vehicle's stainless steel primary structure were built by 2019. Starship's development program adopted an iterative and incremental methodol...