Tag: spacex
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SpaceX’s California Starship factory plans detailed ahead of permitting decision
SpaceX’s California Starship factory plans have been comprehensive in fresh documents released by the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners, among the last measures before a permitting decision is made later this week. First reported February 1st, SpaceX has plans to build a Starship factory in Los Angeles, only 20 or so miles apart from…
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SpaceX nails Starlink launch but narrowly misses landing after fastest booster reuse yet
SpaceX has completed its fifth launch of 60 Starlink communications satellites but endured a landing failure, an incredibly rare reminder of how quickly that the firm has ever made Falcon rocket reusability feel routine. As previously discussed, despite the booster’s apparent demise in the Atlantic Ocean, SpaceX did nevertheless break its inner turnaround album using…
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Elon Musk says on Twitter that his factories will make ventilators if there is a shortage due to coronavirus
Xinhua Through Getty Images Tesla along with SpaceX founder Elon Musk vowed on Twitter to repurpose his factories to be able to create ventilators if the US faces a shortage due to this outbreak. One user challenged Musk’s claims, stating that”there’s a shortage now.” Musk stated that the tech components produced at his Tesla and SpaceX…
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SpaceX wants to build Starships in days with water tower manufacturing tech
A SpaceX engineer states that the provider wants to embrace supplies that will allow its Boca Chica, Texas team to build Starship tank parts in a matter of days in rocket bodies and also moments. Made to meet the needs of a variety of distinct businesses oil and gasoline connected – that require efficient, affordableand…
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SpaceX’s workhorse rocket is fast approaching zenith of booster, fairing reusability
Thanks to a recent cluster of major milestones, SpaceX’s family of Falcon 9 and Heavy rockets are rapidly nearing their reusability zenith — approaching the halfway point on the path to several ambitious booster and fairing design goals. Back in the early 2010s, SpaceX’s CEO Elon Musk’s original dream was to make Falcon 9 and…
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SpaceX’s Texas Starship factory set to receive more parts from Florida
After providing Starship hardware and gear into SpaceX’s Boca Chica, Texas aircraft mill and launch centers, the business has started preparing another load of components to be sent from Florida to Texas in the near future. This is the most recent chapter in a saga that started when SpaceX demonstrated it would effectively pause its…
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Elon Musk Says College Is For ‘Fun’ And ‘Not For Learning’
PA Images Elon Musk has said faculty is for permitting pupils to spend some time together with people their age, excellent, but asserted when it comes to learning new things that it s pointless. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO left his bold remarks in the Satellite 2020 convention on Monday, March 9, where he discussed…
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Aurora VP Jinnah Hosein is coming to TC Sessions: Robotics + AI
TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics + AI is tomorrow and we have one more exciting speaker statement to talk about. Jinnah Hosein, the vice president of applications technology in self-driving automobile startup Aurora, is coming to TC Sessions: Robotics AI in UC Berkeley on March 3. Hosein will combine Ike Robotics CTO and co-founder Jur van den Berg…
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Wondering about getting a job at SpaceX? Elon Musk says innovation is the main criterion
In an extensive discussion at the Air Warfare Symposium held from the U.S. Air Force, Elon Musk touched on some old and new themes, but one highlight of the discussion was the little window in to hiring and firing practices at SpaceX — arguably among the world’s most demanding engineering businesses. The company prides itself…
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SpaceX set to launch 240th Starlink satellite as space internet nears prime time
SpaceX is only hours away from a Monday launch which should render the company with almost 250 Starlink satellites in orbit — that the hottest in several recent steps towards prime time for the space net constellation. Agree to lift off no earlier than (NET) 9:49 am EST (14:49 UTC) on January 27th, a twice-flown…