Employees at Elon Musk’s SpaceX are told to hire people ‘better than themselves’ — and they look for 3 qualities
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SpaceX Set to Launch a Reusable Rocket to the ISS
Update: On Tuesday, SpaceX delayed its launch from December 13 to Friday, December 15 at the earliest. Launch is currently set for 10:35 AM Eastern. For the first time since a fiery pre-launch disaster in September last year, cloud plumes surrounded Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral last Tuesday as SpaceX test-fired one of its pre-used […]
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Boeing CEO: We’re Going to Beat Elon Musk to Mars
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg made a bold claim about his company’s chances to put a human on Mars before Elon Musk, who has high-profile plans of his own with SpaceX. On CNBC Thursday morning, host Jim Cramer asked Muilenburg whether he or Musk would “get a man on Mars first.” “Eventually we’re going to go […]
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How SpaceX’s monster Mars rocket compares to the most powerful rockets in the world
With the announcements of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy and Big Falcon Rocket, Blue Origin’s New Glenn, and NASA’s Space Launch System, it can be tough to tell one rocket apart from the other. Following is a transcription of the video. NASA’s ****** V rocket was the pinnacle of technology during the Apollo era. More than 40 years […]
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Elon Musk Wants To Send His Red Sports Car To Mars
In January, Musk’s SpaceX rocket corporation plans to launch its first Falcon Heavy rocket, a long-awaited jumbo ride into orbit. The space and electric car mogul tweeted on Friday that the rocket would be carrying “my midnight cherry Tesla Roadster,” aimed at the orbit of Mars. Some rich men buy a red sports car when […]
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Elon Musk has a plan for a high-speed loop in Chicago
Elon Musk wants to take his train to Chicago. The billionaire tech entrepreneur tweeted Wednesday that his Boring Company will compete to design, fund, build and operate a high-speed loop connecting O’Hare Airport with downtown Chicago. Musk’s statement came after Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked for proposals to build and operate a high-speed rail line […]
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Watch how SpaceX salvages its $40 million rockets for reuse
In just one year, SpaceX has made rocket landings routine. But we must not forget that this is a giant step toward reusable rockets and a new era of affordable space flight. Michael Wagner with USLaunchReport chronicles the historic return of many of these used rockets and posts them on the USLaunchReport’s YouTube channel. Following is […]
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Steve Jurvetson leaves VC firm amid sexual harassment probe
Silicon Valley’s sexual harassment problems continue. Steve Jurvetson, one of Silicon Valley’s most high-profile venture capitalists, has left his namesake firm, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, amid a sexual harassment investigation, according to Recode. He’s the latest in a string of venture capitalist to be ousted from his firm amid allegations related to misconduct or sexual harassment. The […]
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