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$1,000 per pound to orbit is the holy grail for rocket pricing.
Elon Musk claims that his SpaceX corporation's new Falcon Heavy
will be able to lift 117,000 lbs.
to low earth orbit for 1/3rd the cost of the next most capable launchers,
the space shuttle
and the
Delta IV Heavy
.
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posted by
tgrundke
on Apr 6, 2011 -
39 comments
SpaceX's fourth flight was successful.
Scaled Composites'
X-Prize winning SpaceShipOne made the first privately funded hop into space.
SpaceX
just took the next big step and inserted a dummy payload into
orbit
. Next, they will launch the much larger
Falcon 9
and later test out the human-carrying
Dragon
. CEO
Elon Musk
also enjoys dabbling in
banking
and exotic
electric cars
.
posted by
b1tr0t
on Sep 28, 2008 -
45 comments
Lost with yesterday's
third failure
of
Space Exploration Technologies'
Falcon 1 rocket
were the ashes of actor
James "Scotty" Doohan
, who, along with astronaut
Gordon Cooper
and over two hundred other cremains, attempted to reach orbit not
once
, but
twice
.
posted by
Chinese Jet Pilot
on Aug 3, 2008 -
38 comments
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