April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
...stole the headlines in February 2018 when it launched Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster sports car into orbit around the Sun ...SpaceX stole the headlines in February 2018 when it launched Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster sports car into orbit around the Sun using...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
...the stars. Over the past several years, entrepreneur Elon Musk has posed the notion of creating a permanent human settlement...question of costs for those wishing to live in the colony, Musk commented that “anyone can go if they want, with loans ...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
...slug it out in Earth’s sub-orbital space tourism market, Elon Musk has his sights firmly set on Mars. Caricature by artist James...it out in Earth’s sub-orbital space tourism market, Elon Musk has his sights firmly set on Mars. Caricature by artist ...
29 June 2015
SpaceX Falcon 9 failure: will launch markets and manned spaceflight be affected?
...with its historically low prices. In a tweet, CEO Elon Musk blamed an overpressure event in a liquid oxygen tank, though...stage liquid oxygen tank. Data suggests counterintuitive cause. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 28, 2015 The failure of the rocket is...
22 December 2015
Falcon 9 Launches Successfully
...think people are really overjoyed,” SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a brief media teleconference about an hour... space by probably two orders of magnitude,” or a factor of 100, Musk said in a Dec. 15 speech at the Fall Meeting of the American ...
16 June 2016
SpaceX Successfully Launches All-Electric Satellites; Loses First Stage in Landing Attempt
...ship in the Atlantic Ocean was not successful. According to Elon Musk's Twitter post, the attempt resulted in the stage's “rapid ... three landing engines. Probably get there end of year,” Musk said. “Maybe hardest impact to date. Droneship still ok.”...
