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SpaceX To Skeptics: We Can Beat China
2011-05-04 22:51:00 #leftcontainerBox{float:left;po-sition:fixed;top:60%;left:70px}-#leftcontainerBox .buttons{float:left;clear:both;-margin:4px 4px 4px 4px;padding-bottom:2px}#bottomc-ontainerBox{width:50%;padding-t-op:1px}#bottomcontainerBox .buttons{float:left;margin:4px- 4px 4px 4px}SpaceX has sent out a press release aimed at silencing the chatter that the young rocket company prices are “too good to be true” (since not even China can match SpaceX’s prices). However in the process of defending the reputation of his rocket company, CEO Elon Musk does reveal a few interesting tidbits about SpaceX that may ...
By: Colony Worlds
Can SpaceX Put A Man On Mars By 2031?
2011-04-25 21:47:00 #leftcontainerBox{float:left;po-sition:fixed;top:60%;left:70px}-#leftcontainerBox .buttons{float:left;clear:both;-margin:4px 4px 4px 4px;padding-bottom:2px}#bottomc-ontainerBox{width:50%;padding-t-op:1px}#bottomcontainerBox .buttons{float:left;margin:4px- 4px 4px 4px}SpaceX (which is short for Space Exploration Technologies) is either the most brazen company ever formed by man or America’s last great hope for expanding free civilization across the star system. Either way the company has announced plans to conquer the red planet before 2031, which is about six years before NASA’s original plan and ...
By: Colony Worlds
Russia To Challenge Bigelow For Space Station Supremacy
2010-11-12 21:47:00 Bigelow Aerospace has more or less been the main contender on the commercial space station front. While other challengers like Galactic Suite have emerged, most have yet to build anything beyond fancy diagrams and CGI videos. However that may change with the entrance of a new comer to the commercial space station industry, one who ...
By: Colony Worlds
Two articles on NASA and the Private Space Industry highlight the future of
2008-05-17 03:41:00 There were two separate articles that are two sides to the same coin that came out this week. On the 12th Popular Mechanics had this article: NASA Makes Space U-Turn, Opening Arms to Private Industry which spoke of NASA changing its policy. NASA officials insist that the budding commercial spacecraft fleet represents the only way the United States can realize its dreams of solar-system conquest on schedule and at an affordable cost. Wow! This is great news, it opens the door to the protagonist[s] in our second article from Aviation Week: SpaceX Claims Crew Transfer Ability By 2011. techrivet.com has reported in the past the business plan that SpaceX and it's principal Elon Musk are pursuing. They want to be the private space delivery system for NASA and other customers. Specifically the only ones capable of the heavy lifting needed to supply the ISS. It appears his plan is well on its way to fruition.
By: techRivet
Mars rover decision puts space industry at risk, says Garnea
2006-12-16 04:40:05 From CBC | Technology & Science News: A federal decision not to back a Canadian-built Mars rover could seriously harm the space... |
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