Fresh Inc. (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Last night, SpaceX, a private rocket company based in Southern California, propelled a mass of aluminum to nearly 12,000 miles per hour above the Earth....
John Battelle's Searchblog (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Elon Musk will be at Web 2 this year, and his SpaceX (one of three companies he's started since leaving PayPal, including Tesla and SolarCity) today had its first successful launch. More at BoingBoing Gadgets.......
The Register (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Fourth time's the charm Multimillionaire tech visionary Elon Musk has finally achieved a long-sought goal on the fourth attempt, as his privately-funded SpaceX Falcon 1 is now circling the Earth. The rocket, launched from Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific, reached orbital velocity at 00:26 UK time.…
Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
PayPal gazillionaire Elon Musk has been doing some interesting things with his windfall. There's Tesla Motors , which is producing high-end electric cars. And there's SpaceX, which has tried three times to launch a rocket into space on its own. Today, it worked. AP : An Internet entrepreneur's latest effort to make space launch more affordable paid off Sunday when his commercial rocket,...
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Now that SpaceX has finally sent a rocket into orbit successfully, the Elon Musk-headed company is now focusing on its next goal—hauling cargo for NASA on the Falcon 9, sending people to the...
Lifeboat Foundation Blog (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
This is cross-posted from my blog. This milestone by SpaceX is directly relevant to programs by Lifeboat such as the AsteroidShield and SpaceHabitat, and possibly also (eventually) to Space-Based Solar Power. Stars My Destination After the third try, Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, co-founder of Paypal, chairman of SolarCity and chairman of Tesla Motors (beat that resumé!) [...]
Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Elon Musk, a former founder of PayPal, successfully launched his private rocket into orbit on Sept 29th. Instructions: Turn the sound down on both videos. Set the first video to start at 54seconds. Set the second video to start from the beginning. Turn the sound up on the first video. Play both videos at once.
Westhawk (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
A private enterprise company, funded by a California internet entrepreneur, has successfully boosted a payload into orbit : "Fourth time's a charm," said Elon Musk , the multimillionaire who started up Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX , to make space launches more affordable. The Falcon 1 rocket carried a 364-pound dummy payload designed and built by SpaceX for the launch. Musk...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Private Rockets Could Boost Military, Too -- Danger Room/Wired Magazine Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies just put the first privately developed rocket into orbit. That's not only a breakthrough for the space community. It has huge military consequences, too -- if the company can turn the one-time launch into a regular event. The U.S. military relies on satellites to spy on enemies,...
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) has met with success on its fourth attempt to get a privately designed rocket into orbit. SpaceX has now proven that a startup can replicate the success of huge efforts made by the United States and Soviet space programs in the 50s and 60s. Legacy technology from those early [...]
Neatorama (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
(YouTube link) SpaceX has succeeded in their attempt to launch the Falcon 1 rocket into space. The company, headed by eBay co-founder Elon Musk, had made three unsuccessful tries before yesterday’s launch. The tensest moment came just before stage separation. At that critical juncture, the third launch attempt had failed. This time, it worked out perfectly. Eight [...]
The LRC Blog (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Here's something to lighten the mood. The first privately-funded and privately-developed rocket, Falcon 1, has successfully made it into space. Falcon 1 was developed by SpaceX, a space-transportation startup company founded by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk. Eight minutes after launch,...
Blogs for the NC State Community (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
It happened yesterday , SpaceX - a company founded by Elon Musk - has sent Falcon 1 into space. No other private organization has every been able to accomplish this feat of engineering. But what does this mean for us? In 2008, not much except pride in our (mostly)free market system. While some countries such as China are stuggling to get into space, our economy and market makes it possible...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corporation ( SpaceX ) has met with success on its fourth attempt to get a privately designed rocket into orbit. SpaceX has now proven that a startup can replicate the success of huge efforts made by the United States and Soviet space programs in the 50s and 60s. Legacy technology from those early space programs still helps send satellites and...
Hot Hardware (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
What do you know? The fourth time is the charm, at least for the Falcon 1 two-stage SpaceX rocket. This was the fourth flight of the rocket, and it became the first commercial space vehicle to reach earth orbit. Elon Musk, CEO and CTO of SpaceX, who made his fortune as co-founder of PayPal prior to starting this space venture, said: "This is a great day for SpaceX and the culmination...
