The worlds richest man, Elon Musk, has revealed an ambitious plan to get humans on Mars by 2026 – seven years before NASA aims to land astronauts on the Red Planet. Speaking on the audio-only Clubhouse app on Sunday, the SpaceX founder told the Good Times Show his goal was to establish a self-sustaining Martian … Read more
‘Humanity will never go to Mars’: Elon Musk bashes FAA for delaying SpaceX’s Starship SN9’s first high altitude test over safety concerns SpaceX was set to launch its Starship SN9 rocket Thursday but it was canceled Elon Musk posted a tweet bashing the FAA for its regulatory structure The tweet suggests that the FAA is … Read more
Elon Musk is now the richest person in the world with a net worth of $187 billion, and while his mother Maye Musk realized he was a genius when he was a child, she has admitted that she didn’t always know if the SpaceX CEO was destined for greatness. The 72-year-old model was promoting the paperback … Read more
SpaceX‘s growing ‘megaconstellation’ of Starlink satellites is set to get even bigger this afternoon, with the launch of 60 more satellites. Elon Musk‘s space firm will launch its seventeenth batch of Starlink satellites on board a Falcon 9 rocket at 08:03 EDT (13:03 GMT) today. The launch will bring the number of Starlink satellites in … Read more
While SpaceX’s Elon Musk is looking to Mars as the first off-Earth civilization, one scientist has his sights set on the dwarf planet Ceres. Physicist Pekka Janhunen from Finnish Meteorological Institute revealed his plan to construct a ‘megasatellite’ that orbits the planet located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The disk-shaped habitat would … Read more
SpaceX Dragon cargo ship loaded with science experiments, a case of wine, and live mice, has made its first ever splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean, NASA confirmed. The spaceship autonomously undocked from the International Space Station on Tuesday, January 12 after a 36 day stay attached to the orbiting laboratory. Among the experiments on the … Read more
Elon Musk has torn into the ‘West Coast high tech’ who have turned into the ‘de facto arbiter of free speech’ after Amazon scrubbed Parler from the internet. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO had replied to a satirical tweet about Twitter and Facebook banning Donald Trump from their platforms. Twitter also permanently banned Trump loyalists as part … Read more
Elon Musk has torn into the ‘West Coast high tech’ who have turned into the ‘de facto arbiter of free speech’ after Amazon scrubbed Parler from the internet. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO had replied to a satirical tweet about Twitter and Facebook banning Donald Trump from their platforms. Twitter also permanently banned Trump loyalists as part … Read more
Spacex‘s latest Starship prototype, Serial Number 9 (SN9), ignited its massive Raptor engines for the first time, signaling the massive rocket is gearing up for its first high-altitude test flight. The static fire test, which occurred Wednesday evening, allows operators to fire of the engines while the Starship remains attached to the ground. SN9 can … Read more
Elon Musk reveals ‘catch and quick release’ plan for SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster that uses the tower arm to grab the engine so it can ‘refly in under an hour’ Elon Musk revealed the Starship Heavy booster would be caught on its return Musk suggests using the launch tower arm used to stabilize the vehicle … Read more