March 2022
Space travel and environmental sustainability
... challenges of managing the environment and of managing ourselves are great, but we are equal to those challenges. For Elon Musk’s plan for a self-sustaining Mars colony to become a reality, the space passenger transport industry needs to mature...
07 February 2018
Musk sets pace in the race to Mars
...the company founded and run by the billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. Viewed from the Press Centre near the giant .... But this was just a first step because the ultimate ambition of Elon Musk is to take people back to the Moon and on to Mars. ...
February 2018
Our space future lies in innovation
... will be a fact. How do you react to entrepreneurs like Elon Musk of SpaceX and Jeff Bezos of Blue Origin? It is clear ...brought a revolution for space activities but with different approaches. Elon Musk is probably much more, let us say, ‘business’ ...
29 April 2016
SpaceX Announces Plans for Mars Mission.
... posted pictures of a Falcon Heavy launch and a Dragon spacecraft resting on the Martian surface in their Twitter feed. Elon Musk is known for his long-term vision of establishing a permanent human presence on Mars. In October 2011, a report prepared...
10 December 2020
SpaceX's Starship test flight explodes during vertical landing manoeuvre
...highest and most elaborate flight yet for the rocketship that Elon Musk says could carry people to Mars in as little as... in a huge fireball. For what it's worth, SpaceX founder Elon Musk didn't put much faith in the test, either. "Lot of ...
February 2017
Opening up the infinite frontier
... and Orbital ATK in particular also exist in a commercial space launch industry as competitive players. On the other hand, Elon Musk’s Mars programme is not really a commercial project though it could easily become one and, should it succeed, could...
