SpaceX

SpaceX will fly astronauts to the space station in 2017

Posted in Science on 21st Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

Boeing, another company that aspires to carry astronauts to and from the space station, received a similar order in May. No word on who will go first.

Quietly, the new space race between SpaceX and Boeing burns hot

Posted in Business on 11th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

Whichever company flies astronauts first in 2017 gains serious bragging rights.

Within 80 days Elon Musk should reveal a detailed design for the Mars Colonial Transport vehicle

Posted in Hardware on 13th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

"It's going to put over 100 tons of cargo on Mars." We are expecting something absolutely enormous.

Elon Musk: We need to leave Earth as soon as possible

Posted in Science on 12th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

If something catastrophic happens one day, like a nearby star exploding, we may all get vaporized. Musk says we can't afford to wait around and find out.

Israeli Google Lunar X Prize team books rocket

Posted in Science on 7th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

SpaceIL intends to go to the lunar surface with a hopping probe in the second half of 2017, using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to send it on its way.