Legendary investor and political activist Tim Draper says that instead of getting on the case of Elon Musk, we should be thanking him other transformational entrepreneurs such as Steve Jobs and Travis Kalanick.
SpaceX Launch Aborted After Boat Gets in the Way
SpaceX had to abort a potentially historical rocket launch on Sunday. This was due to a ship being in the way and related setbacks. The company and CEO Elon Musk tweet about the issues in real time: Webcast now live…
SpaceX Has Filed to Begin Testing Its Satellite Internet Project
Back in January, SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced his intentions to build a satellite network that would provide high-speed internet from space. Now, he’s apparently making moves to begin testing said plans. The Washington Post reports that Musk has asked…
Elon Musk Shares Gnarly SpaceX Rocket Crash Stills
Last week, Elon Musk’s SpaceX tried to land a rocket on a drone ship, floating in the Atlantic Ocean. They failed. Now, Musk has posted some images of the Falcon 9’s collision and the gnarly explosion that followed. According to…
Elon Musk to Host Reddit AMA with Focus on Ocean Rocket Landing
In the early morning hours of Tuesday, January 6, Elon Musk’s SpaceX will attempt to land a rocket on a platform that floating in the Atlantic Ocean. No big deal. And if you want to ask Mr. Musk about that,…
SpaceX Rocket Launch Postponed Until July
The SpaceX launch that was planned for Sunday was postponed after a pre-flight check showed an area of concern. SpaceX said that they planned to try the launch again on Tuesday, as long as everything was working correctly, but they…
Elon Musk Wants to Standardize Supercharger Market
Elon Musk, co-founder of companies such as PayPal, Tesla Motors, and SpaceX (and sometimes known as the modern-day Tony Stark, aka Iron Man), has has fulfilled his promise of “doing something fairly significant on this front which would be kind…
SpaceX Dragon Cargo Ship Returns To Earth
The commercial cargo ship Dragon returned to earth on Sunday after stopping by the International Space Station to pick up over two tons of science experiments and equipment. The cargo ship was loaded and prepped on Saturday and released by…
SpaceX Launch Delayed, Will Launch Friday At Earliest
A SpaceX launch was delayed earlier this week thanks to an apparent helium leak on board the vessel. While there has been no update, officials say we could see a launch by Friday. CBS News reports that SpaceX was preparing…
NASA Declares Commercial Space Program a Success
Over one year on from the first successful commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA today declared its commercial space program a complete success. This comes as NASA is ending its Comercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) initiative,…