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SpaceX launches two communications satellites, but crash lands booster on drone ship
Posted in Hardware on 15th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
SpaceX successfully deployed both satellites, marking on all accounts a successful mission for todays launch.
First Mars crew be pioneers who build up Mars facilities for colonization
Posted in Science on 12th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
"having an architecture that would enable the creation of a self-sustaining city on Mars with the objective of being a multiplanet species"
SpaceX is disrupting the space industry so all future launch systems must be reusable, use additive manufacturing
Posted in Hardware on 11th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
Launch providers including in China and India now have to rethink how to drive down cost.
SpaceX Set to Reuse Rocket Stage For the First Time
Posted in Science on 9th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
Though a seven-month turnaround isnt bad, the company eventually hopes that it can cut down the time to a matter of weeks.
SpaceX could drive launch costs to low earth orbit below $1000 per pound this year and down to $10 per pound by 2025
Posted in Hardware on 8th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
Full reusability can result in "a two order of magnitude reduction in the cost of spaceflight.