Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - MARCH 01: In this handout provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft onboard, is erected on the launchpad at Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on March 1, 2013 in Florida . Launch of the second SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services mission is scheduled for later this morning.
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Having a facility like this is great for SpaceX, it’s great for this industry ... This infrastructure is something that is world class, and we’re very appreciative to have this partnership with NASA so that we can develop a capability that’s going to low-earth orbit that will help NASA but will also help the U.S. space industry.
I am thrilled that SpaceX has chosen to make New Mexico its home, bringing their revolutionary Grasshopper rocket and new jobs with them ... We’ve done a lot of work to level the playing field so we can compete in the space industry. This is just the first step in broadening the base out at the spaceport.
We need to regain our 'chops,' ... It's a demonstration of space exploration technologies for the future.More quotes »
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Elon Musk's SpaceX signs lease at NM spaceport
-- Another space industry heavyweight has signed on to use New Mexico's Spaceport America -- Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, Gov. Susana Martinez announced Tuesday.It agreed to a three-year lease to do testing of its "Grasshopper" Read more »
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NASA Efforts To Revamp KSC Get $20 Million Boost from Florida
$15 million for spaceport infrastructure that was divided among three initiatives: $5 million to support Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) commercial heavy-lift launch program; $5 million for revamping the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) Bay from SpaceNews.com Read more »
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How Elon Musk Can Help You Find the Next Home Run Stock?
contracts in place with NASA, the Air Force, and the Defense Department. This has led SpaceX to be the first space exploration company to ever make money. Musk has done this by setting his goals very high. The goal for SpaceX is not to deliver cargo to the from Motley Fool Read more »
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Possible Space Shuttle Successor is Readied for Testing
which also include the development of a new Space Launch System to carry a new Orion capsule deeper into space for exploration. So-called sequestration budget cuts have added to the federal financial squeeze. "We have got to get Commercial Crew funded, or from NBC Los Angeles Read more »
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As a planet hunter falters, a new spacecraft takes flight
Dream Chaser is a flying, lifting-body design that will land on a runway after reentry from space — like the space shutter orbiters. After completing its first major safety review last month, Dream Chaser left Colorado and arrived at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research from Smart Planet Blog Read more »
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Private space industry can't get to Mars without NASA
wealthy entrepreneurs won't throw their money away. They'll back straightforward missions using well-tested technologies and demand a profit within a reasonable time with acceptable risk. But exploration is, by its nature, risky. Only a nation can marshal from Orlando Sentinel Read more »
