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Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) is an American space transport company founded by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk. It has developed the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9, both of which are partially reusable launch vehicles. SpaceX is also developing the Dragon series of spacecraft to be orbited by Falcon 9 launchers. SpaceX designs, tests and fabricates the majority of their components in-house, including the Merlin, Kestrel, and Draco rocket engines. Originally based in El Segundo, SpaceX now operates out of Hawthorne, California, USA. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  spacex.com 455px x 640px | 79.50kB [source page] Inside the Top 10 hot aerospace technologies CIA wants more foreign language skills in a big way Tags  a52.g.akamaitech.net 480px x 640px | 45.70kB [source page] SpaceX s Falcon 1 Flight 4 on the launch pad at Omelek Island in the Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands on Sept 19 2008 Credit SpaceX  wired.com 441px x 660px | 109.70kB [source page] Here a machinist adjusts the tooling on a large hydraulic press that is shaping a fuel tank fairing From Yahoo Image Search: "SpaceX"  blogs.insideline.com Erin Riches Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:10:56 GM Electric cars aren't Tesla CEO Elon Musk's only business, you know. He also owns Space Exploration Technologies (. SpaceX. ), a company that builds rockets and spacecraft -- and a company that will be doing plenty of business with NASA ... From Google Blog Search: "SpaceX"  centralfloridafuture.com Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:44:57 GMT+00:00 Central Florida Future I was at the SpaceX party the night they launched the Falcon 9 vehicle two weeks ago, he said. most of the people personally responsible for the ...  floridatoday.com Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:14:48 GMT+00:00 Florida Today For instance, new players such as SpaceX are starting to take the stage with the recent maiden launch of its Falcon 9 rocket that is to haul cargo to the ...  futura-sciences.com Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:24:27 GMT+00:00 Futura Sciences Il opte pour un systeme de sauvetage de type pousseur, jamais utilise aujourd'hui et que pourrait egalement adopter SpaceX pour la version habitable de sa ... From Google News Search: "SpaceX" What happened to the First falcon 9 Spacex built? Q. If you look there they had a mostly completed rocket to use for ground tests. then instead of finishing that, they built new ones for the first two launches. What happened to the first one? Asked by Eric P - Tue Oct 13 21:15:12 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. If anything, drop them a line here - Answered by Nyx - Wed Oct 14 00:20:28 2009 When do you think we will see the first IPO of a company doing manned spaceflight? Q. I am not refering to companies like Lockheed Martin, or Boeing - they don't do manned spaceflight - they just sell stuff to the government. I am refering to companies like SpaceX, or Bigelow aerospace Blue Origin. Thoughts? Asked by f_valyn - Tue Oct 2 11:58:53 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. under 2 years Answered by g_for_G - Tue Oct 2 12:06:15 2007 Constellation vs COTS?
Q. Most people, when they talk about a shuttle replacement, refer to Constellation. However, its just as plausable to talk about SpaceX's Dragon, or the K-1, since they are part of the COTS program. Why is that? Furthermore, which do you think will fly first - Constellation and Orion, Dragon and Falcon 9, or the K-1 Asked by f_valyn - Sat Sep 8 19:04:49 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. mostly a holdover from the days when we used to trust NASA. it was inconceivable that a private company could launch a 'Vulture 1' and compete with the US government. now, its not so certain. both the dragon and k-1 look viable, and the current space program needs them... but i want to withhold judgement until i see either docking at the ISS. Answered by Faesson - Sat Sep 8 20:19:21 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "SpaceX" |
