Spacex

Spacex Plans To Shoot Tourists Around The Moon

... and Google Home. Play video. Hottest phones unveiled at MWC 2017. 2:50 February 28, 2017. LG, Sony, Nokia and more - the six most popular phones from Mobile World Congress on CNET right now. Play video. The future of Netflix is lightning-quick streaming. 1:27 February 28, 2017. Reed Hastings gives insights into what to expect from the streaming service - like the end of buffering. Play video. Jumping on AT&T's cheaper unlimited plan? Not so fast. 2:46 February 27, 2017. Which unlimited data plan is the best deal? Here's a quick comparison of the prices and offerings from the four major US. Play video. City turns to hackers to quell house fires. 2:58 February 27, 2017. Hackers in Louisville, Kentucky, worked with the city to create CASPER, a wireless device that listens for smoke detectors. Play video. 7 Earth-size planets found by astronomers. 1:51 February 25, 2017. In this week's wrap-up, NASA announces a big discovery, Verizon and Yahoo's deal gets a $350 million ...

Big Permanent Moonbase By 2021 Using Spacex And Bigelow Has Been The Obvious Non-corrupt Choice For Years

... combined development cost of the SLS and Orion will be at least $30 billion - or about $3 billion a year spread out over at least 10 years. If you consider the operational life cycle of the program will be 30 years, similar to the Space Shuttle, then, assuming just one launch per year, the pro-rated cost is $1 billion a year. That's just for development - it does not include operating costs. Again at just one launch per year, the annualized development and maintenance cost of SLS - excluding any development costs for specialized cargo or Upper Stage components - would be at least $3 billion. And we're still missing the actual production costs of the SLS launch vehicle and the Orion capsule, estimates of which are around $1 billion each. Bloom points out that. If NASA ditched the Space Launch System and the Orion, it would free up three billion dollars a year. That budget could speed the Moon-readiness of Bigelow’s landing vehicles, not to mention Space X’s Falcon rockets and could pay for ...

Spacex Could Beat Nasa Back To The Moon

... via email. Hubbard worked at NASA for 20 years and ultimately led its Ames Research Center, and he currently chairs Space X's independent Safety Advisory Panel for Commercial Crew, which focuses specifically on the design and risks of their program to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. Space X could not do this without NASA. Can't express enough appreciation. __link__/u Qp I 60 z AV 7. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 28, 2017. During Elon Musk's teleconference yesterday, the Space X CEO said that NASA astronauts would "take priority" if the agency wanted to be the first to fly that type of mission. NASA released a statement saying  the agency would work closely with Space X to ensure the company met all safety requirements and continued to fulfill its space station delivery contract. As for Space X's ambitious time frame, Hubbard said it should be feasible in principle, purely considering the company's transportation capabilities, but that technical ...

Spacex Moves To Launch First-ever Private Mission To The Moon

... SHAPIRO: Is NASA just totally out of the moon game? It's been about 45 years since they sent anyone to the moon. GREENFIELDBOYCE: NASA is building its own big rocket and its own capsule. This is called the Space Launch System. And it was going to have its first test flight next year. It was going to have nobody on it. It was going to be just an un-crewed mission. But now NASA is actually studying whether it would be feasible to put people on the first flight of that rocket. And that would also go around the moon. And now NASA's saying it's looking into the possibility of doing that. But that would shift that mission back to 2019. SHAPIRO: This makes it sound like it's another space race. But instead of Americans and the Soviets, it's a space race between NASA and private companies. GREENFIELDBOYCE: It sounds a little bit like that. The only thing to know is that these two entities work together. So Space X has gotten a lot of money from NASA. ...

On Second Attempt, Spacex Launches Rocket At Nasa's Historic Pad

... The first attempt, scrubbed Saturday with just 13 seconds before liftoff, was foiled by concerns over an anomaly discovered in the rocket's steering system. The issue was "99% likely to be fine," Elon Musk, founder of the private space company, tweeted Saturday , "but that 1% chance isn't worth rolling the dice. Better to wait a day.". Btw, 99% likely to be fine (closed loop TVC wd overcome error), but that 1% chance isn't worth rolling the dice. Better to wait a day. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 18, 2017. On Sunday, however, the launch went smoothly. Not only did Space X's Falcon 9 rocket lift off without a hitch, its first stage also returned to land right back on a platform on Earth. Shortly afterward, the Dragon spacecraft it was carrying detached as planned from the rocket. While there's nothing particularly rare about the ...

An Inside Look At The Differences Between Life At Nasa And Spacex

... life at NASA and Space X. Not surprisingly, the fact that NASA is a government agency, as opposed to a private company like Space X, impacts the work environment in both positive and negative ways. While Lavoie points out that the work-life balance at NASA is a positive, the work there can sometimes be encumbered by “an institutional aversion to risk” and predictably slow-moving bureaucracy. Projects can start with much fanfare and then be cancelled. Repeatedly. Maybe this is because there are many worthy things that should be studied but funds are always limited. It can be rewarding because you have more opportunity to really dig in and understand things and learn. Your job is very secure, even when budgets get cut or you yourself don’t succeed. As for life at Space X, the work environment there, not surprisingly sounds awfully similar to a forward-thinking start-up, albeit on steroids. In contrast, ...

Spacex Mission Highlights ‘golden Age’ Of Space Science Research

... rocket boosters from orbit — has been handed several government jobs. The company can launch loads into orbit at a fraction of the cost of the legacy rocket builders. This mission is dubbed CRS-10 because it is Space X’s 10 th commercial resupply trip to the ISS on behalf of NASA, which has 10 more planned contracted deliveries through 2019 with the Hawthorne company. “It might be a commercial vehicle, but there is a lot of government and private science on board,” Shotwell said. “It is a hybrid launch — a government customer with a commercial company.”. While the ongoing public-private partnership has been fruitful for both sides, NASA and Space X made it clear this week they are competing against one another to develop crew-carrying heavy-lift rockets designed to explore Mars and planets beyond the solar system. NASA officials said Wednesday that they are now considering putting a crew on board the first flight of their heavy rocket under development, called Space Launch System (SLS) next year. ...

Spacex To Take 2 To Moon; Rocky Start To Trump-russia Probe 10 Things To Know For Tuesday

... be talked about Tuesday. 1. TRUMP GETS CHANCE TO REFOCUS GOALS IN SPEECH TO CONGRESS. Trump's advisers say he will use his prime-time speech Tuesday to declare progress on his campaign promises, including plans for a Mexico border wall and repealing Obamacare. 2. HOW MUCH MORE TRUMP WANTS TO SPEND ON DEFENSE. The president will propose a  $54 billion increase in military spending - a 10-percent spike - while cutting domestic programs and foreign aid. 3. 'NOBODY KNEW THAT HEALTH CARE COULD BE SO COMPLICATED'. That's what President Trump has to say as Republicans remain at odds over dismantling The Affordable Care Act. 4. FORGET OSCARS SNAFU AND FOCUS ON 'MOONLIGHT' WIN, ADVOCACY GROUPS SAY. Sarah Kate Ellis, president & CEO of the LGBT advocacy group GLAAD, says "Moonlight" won out with its strong message of diversity. 5. WHEN SPACEX PLANS TO FLY 2 PEOPLE TO MOON. Tech billionaire Elon Musk - the company's CEO - says plans are on track to  send two people in orbit around the moon by the end of 2018. 6. JUSTICE DEPT. NO LONGER OPPOSES TOUGH TEXAS VOTER ID ...

Spacex Aborts Launch To The Iss Seconds Before Liftoff, But Might Try Again Tomorrow

... are working on a “small leak” in the second stage of the Falcon 9 scheduled to launch tomorrow at 10:01 am. She said they still plan to launch on schedule. But the issue significantly ups the amplitude of fingernail gnawing, because that rocket is topped with millions of dollars in science projects from NASA and the Department of Defense. Those government contracts for ISS resupply missions are some of Space X’s biggest assets, to the company’s bottom line and its reputation. They are also one of the only avenues for the public to get an inner look at the company’s operations, because of audits like the one the GAO released on February 16. Only one other private spaceflight company has secured similar deals with the government: Space X’s biggest rival, United Launch Alliance. In addition to gear-launching contracts, both companies secured multi-billion dollar deals to develop launch vehicles capable of sending astronauts to and from the ISS—and the GAO report showed that both are struggling to meet their deadlines. Space X and ULA were supposed to have their launch systems ready for certification review later this year, but both have delayed ...