July 2016
France, Europe and Russia - two decades of space launch cooperation
... as whether technological disruptions for launchers will be needed or not. Will, as some of Arianespace’s competitors contend, reusable rockets play a significant role in the field? The answer is not as straightforward as it seems, since the economic...
October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
..., an order of magnitude less than just a decade ago, a development partially attributable to reusable rocket technology. With these lower costs, it may become feasible to use rockets for point-to-point cargo transportation around the Earth for time...
23 October 2017
Space race ramps up between Blue Origin and SpaceX
...an interest in. Like Musk, Bezos has already successfully landed a reusable rocket and this key engine test could be a sign that Bezos... considering the BE-4 engine to power its new Vulcan rocket. With an engine that is potentially more powerful than ...
24 May 2019
SpaceX launches first 60 satellites of its Starlink mega-constellation
... constellation were lofted to space yesterday via a reusable rocket that had already flown twice before. The payload... spring-based mechanism, SpaceX literally spun the satellites off the rocket’s upper stage. "Each of the satellites on the stack...
August 2016
Big or small - aerospace innovates through constraints
...shoulders of consumer technology and other industries. Both SpaceX’s rockets and Spire CubeSats run on Linux - which is the...of. With each launch, SpaceX gets closer to a truly reusable rocket. There are Instagram pictures and videos, tweets from Elon ...
