28 August 2019
SpaceX's Skyhopper impresses with its highest test flight
...Planet. This is the fourth time the “water tower,” as Musk has previously called it, has left the ground, with each ... pm EDT (22:00 GMT). "Congrats SpaceX team!!" SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter after the flight. Despite being a roaring success...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
... without a mention of SpaceX. On top of the many missions Elon Musk’s space exploration has a helping hand in with its suite of ...also pushing hard with the completion of Starship; Musk’s massive stainless steel spaceship, the entrepreneur hopes will...
18 December 2024
EU to launch advanced constellation to counter Musk’s Starlink
... Union (EU) has launched an ambitious €10.6 billion space programme for a constellation of 290 satellites that will rival Elon Musk’s Starlink and is intended to ensure Europe's sovereignty and secure connectivity amid increasing global concerns over...
June 2015
Innovation at escape velocity: from NASA’s Apollo to SpaceX
... not in response to market demand. In human spaceflight, this type of thinking was behind the founding of SpaceX, started by Elon Musk with an initial goal of reducing cost per pound of cargo to orbit to $1,000.11 This figure is traceable to a series...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
...were once relegated to government policy and planning. Elon Musk has famously made no secret that his space company... achievement in the cost-cutting of space technology and activity. Musk himself called it a “critical achievement” for the humankind’s ...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
...among 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 ...
