Tag: Elon Musk
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Incredible video: SpaceX attempts to land Falcon 9 rocket on a barge, again
Just how close did SpaceX come to successfully landing its Falcon 9 rocket on its “autonomous drone ship” in the Atlantic after blasting its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station yesterday? See for yourself: Here’s the video posted by the company, from a chase plane monitoring the attempt. https://vine.co/v/euEpIVegiIx Here’s a better look: SpaceX…
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Elon Musk makes SpaceX photos free for public use
Photo via SpaceX/Falcon 9 Vertical Talk about responsive. Less than an hour after Elon Musk announced that SpaceX would post photos for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, he decided to go for the full public domain, when pressed by another’s tweet. Also, kudos to Musk for his new Dr. Evil-inspired profile pic. SpaceX…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin dealt setback in patent dispute with SpaceX over rocket landings
The “autonomous spaceport drone ship” that SpaceX built to recover the Falcon 9 first stage. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has won a key preliminary ruling in its dispute with Blue Origin over a patent received by the Jeff Bezos-backed commercial space venture covering the landing of rockets at sea. Elon Musk announces the opening of SpaceX’s Seattle-area engineering office.…
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SpaceX founder Elon Musk inks $3.5M book deal to write about Earth and Mars
Elon Musk Like he needed the cash, Tesla and SpaceX head honcho Elon Musk just signed a $3.5 million book deal with Penguin. Details are scarce at this point, but apparently it’s a book about Earth and Mars, “half about the issues facing us on Earth — sustainability issues in particular. The second half will be about the…
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Report: Google in talks to invest in SpaceX, boosting Seattle-based satellite initiative
Google CEO Larry Page Google is close to making an investment in Elon Musk’s SpaceX, with the intent of supporting the commercial space company’s new Seattle-based satellite Internet initiative, according to a report by The Information this morning, citing people familiar with the talks. The deal, if it happens, would create a powerful alliance between two companies…
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How Elon Musk plans to get to Mars, via Seattle: What the SpaceX founder said at that private event
If Seattle needs inspiration to think big, it has arrived in the form of Elon Musk. The SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO took the stage at Seattle Center on Friday and delivered his vision for creating an entirely new satellite Internet network that he believes could ultimately lead to the establishment of a city on Mars. It was a private event, and…
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Photos: SpaceX founder Elon Musk reveals new $10B ‘Space Internet’ plan at private Seattle event
SpaceX founder Elon Musk addresses the crowd at a private event at Seattle Center. (GeekWire Photo) Elon Musk stopped in Seattle on Friday evening, on his way to Mars. The SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO slipped quietly into town to speak at a private event at Seattle Center — where he revealed previously unannounced details about SpaceX’s plans for its fledgling Seattle-area…
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Photos: SpaceX Dragon capsule delivered to Seattle Center for private event with Elon Musk
SpaceX has officially arrived in Seattle. As shown in these photos, posted to Facebook by the Cornish College of the Arts, the company’s Dragon space capsule has been delivered to Seattle Center in advance of a private event tonight where company founder Elon Musk is expected to mark the opening of a SpaceX engineering office…
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SpaceX shares dramatic video of Falcon 9’s crash landing
SpaceX has shared a dramatic video of the Falcon 9 booster’s crash landing on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean after the rocket’s successful Jan. 10 liftoff with supplies for the International Space Station. SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk posted images from the video on Twitter early Friday, offering commentary on what happened as…
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Elon Musk: SpaceX will hire up to 1,000 people in new Seattle office
Elon Musk. Update: SpaceX’s new Seattle-area office is in Redmond; Elon Musk to visit region this week SpaceX founder Elon Musk is serious about enabling human life on Mars, and employees at his company’s new Seattle-area office will be key to accomplishing that goal. In an interview with Bloomberg today, Musk said that he wants to…