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What is SpaceX and what are some goals that Elon Musk has with it?
SpaceX was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs to enable the colonization of Mars. SpaceX manufactures the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles, several rocket engines, Dragon cargo, crew spacecraft and Starlink communications satellites.
Is SpaceX actually innovative?
The biggest design innovation that SpaceX has pioneered is, of course, the fact that Dragon 2 is partially reusable, potentially resulting in a significant cost reduction. The first stage of the spacecraft is capable of re-entering the atmosphere and landing vertically after separating from the second stage.
Who is better Blue Origin or SpaceX?
Musk’s SpaceX was the sole winner in the competition, beating Blue Origin and a third company, Dynetics of Huntsville, Ala., a defense contractor. Dynetics also filed a protest with the G.A.O. on Monday. NASA acknowledged it had been notified of the protests.
What’s the point of Blue Origin?
The company’s name refers to the blue planet, Earth, as the point of origin. Blue Origin develops orbital technology, rocket-powered vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) vehicles for access to suborbital and orbital space.
What is the goal of Blue Origin?
Bezos founded Blue Origin in 2000, and says it’s his ‘most important work’ Bezos, the world’s second-richest person, founded Blue Origin in September 2000, with the goal of making space travel cheap, frequent, and more accessible, through reusable launch systems.
What makes SpaceX innovative?
The Starlink Satellite constellation programme is another amazing innovation of SpaceX. Using the Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX is launching a network of satellites into orbit to create high quality, low-cost, and low latency broadband across the globe. This is tailored particularly to isolated parts of the planet.
Is Blue Origin safe?
Record of Safety Blue Origin has been flight testing the New Shepard rocket and its redundant safety systems since 2012. The program has had 18 successful consecutive missions including three successful escape tests, showing the crew escape system can activate safely in any phase of flight.
Should Blue Origin have won NASA’s HLS contract?
And in July, Bezos penned an open letter to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson stating why Blue Origin should have won an HLS contract and suggesting that the selection wasn’t conducted properly. Related: NASA picks SpaceX’s Starship to land Artemis astronauts on the moon
What’s the difference between SpaceX and Blue Origin’s plans for the Moon?
SpaceX and Blue Origin also have separate proposals for how to land NASA astronauts on the Moon. While SpaceX plans to build a lunar-specialized version of the Starship rocket its developing, Blue Origin is building a more traditional lander design.
Does NASA know about SpaceX?
“Not all of NASA knows us as well as they know SpaceX or even the members of the Blue Origin team.” The Huntsville, Alabama-based company was acquired by defense contractor Leidos early this year in a $1.7 billion cash deal, just a few months before NASA announced the three teams for HLS.
Can Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin take humans to the Moon?
A few months ago NASA awarded three teams with contracts to develop competing options for the agency to use to deliver people to the lunar surface as early as 2024. Known as the Human Landing Systems (HLS) program, two of the three teams that NASA picked are led by easily recognizable companies: Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin.