SpaceX

Elon Musk wants to bring the whole world online with affordable satellites

Posted in Hardware on 9th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

Following in the footsteps of Facebook and Google, Elon Musk is setting his sights on bringing the world online with cheap satellites.

Orbital Sciences set to retire suspect motor in rocket explosion

Posted in Science on 6th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

Yes, that old soviet engine probably blew up Antares.

SpaceX will attempt to land Falcon 9 booster December 9th on a floating platform and then reuse it

Posted in Hardware on 28th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

Being able to reuse all the hardware for multiple flights could potentially slash the cost of spaceflight by a factor of 10 or much more.

SpaceX Plans to Start Reusing Rockets Next Year

Posted in Science on 26th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

SpaceX is building an ocean-based landing pad so that it can reuse its launch vehicles.

NASA looks to SpaceX for Mars landing tips

Posted in Science on 22nd Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

The powered landing capability of SpaceX's Falcon 9 makes it a good test bed for studying how to land on Mars