23 September 2024
Elon Musk
... other ventures. Indeed, back in 2008, when both SpaceX and Tesla were struggling, his close advisors urged him to choose between the two... how many times he has given the same pep-talk at Tesla. In June 2021, Musk turned 50. So despite his marijuana-...
October 2020
Microgravity and its effects on the human brain
... tool for the imaging of soft tissues is based on the presence of a strong magnetic field - in the order of several Tesla (T), where 1T equals 10,000 Gauss and Earth’s magnetic field is 0.3 Gauss - and on the application of radiofrequency pulses...
October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
... window’, allowing communications to remain uninterrupted. To achieve this, a magnetic field strength on the order of several Tesla must be generated, which is not possible in space applications using conventional technologies. The use of HTS for...
April 2026
Robotics is the future of space labour
... autonomy over time. This mirrors the same breakthroughs we now see in terrestrial robotics. Every company, from Tesla with Optimus to Figure and 1X, is pursuing embodied AI through human-in-the-loop training. We will be the first to bring...
10 July 2015
ISS conference: Elon Musk, space station retirement plans, and uncertainty after 2024
... the station shuts down, currently planned for 2024. A talk with Elon Musk, the man behind Tesla, SpaceX, and the Hyperloop, kicked off the conference’s first full day on Tuesday. The topic that...
24 August 2016
Elon Musk To Be Special Keynote Speaker at IAC 2016
... collaborate on in the years ahead. Elon Musk is the founder, CEO and CTO of SpaceX; co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors, co-founder and chairman of SolarCity, co-chairman of OpenAI and a founder of a number of other companies. The International...