Announcement comes one month after plans announced for a proof-of-concept tunnel.
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Massive storm on Mars downs NASA’s Opportunity Rover after 14 years on the red planet
NASA recently held a press conference about the current status of the Opportunity Rover (or Oppy, as it is fondly called), which is weathering a massive storm covering a quarter of the Red Planet’s surface. According to NASA, communication with Opportunity remains down as of date, though the space agency is optimistic that the 14-year-old […]
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SpaceX’s third Block 5 rocket heads to Texas test site as launch marathon nears
A SpaceX Falcon 9 – almost certainly the third Block 5 booster to leave the company’s factory – was spotted passing through New Mexico on the last leg of its trip from California to Texas. Although the shipment is a great sign, it begs the question of how exactly SpaceX plans to launch its next […]
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SpaceX posts first BFR-dedicated job posting – wanna build a Mars rocket?
SpaceX has published the first job posting specifically dedicated to BFR, the company’s ambitious fully-reusable Mars rocket and multipurpose launch vehicle. Currently targeting the first half of 2019 for initial hop tests with a prototype spaceship (upper stage) and 2020 for the first full-up orbital tests of the booster and ship. Job postings specific to […]
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SpaceX plans huge expansion for Floridan Falcon refurbishment facilities
According to an environmental assessment published in April 2018, SpaceX aims to build a dedicated facility for storing, refurbishing and decommissioning Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy boosters and payload fairings “immediately” after construction approvals are granted. New Falcon 9 and Heavy refurbishment/storage center will be built in Florida This facility would give SpaceX some 50 […]
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Watch Boring Not-A-Flamethrower Demo and Unboxing
What is the hottest gift idea for your friend or family member this year? Not-A-Flamethrower, that’s for sure. In between his boring day job at Tesla Motors and SpaceX, Elon Musk occasionally pursues his true passion: selling hats and flamethrowe…
SpaceX Falcon Heavy with Block 5 rockets targets November launch debut
According to several of its satellite passengers, SpaceX’s second launch of Falcon Heavy – this time with three Falcon 9 Block 5 boosters – is understood to be targeted for no earlier than November 2018 and will mark the first commercial mission for the world’s most powerful operational rocket. Under the blanket label Space Test […]
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Musk Tweets – Tesla Roadster To Get Real Rocket Boosters, Might Fly
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is sounding off on Twitter once again. This latest round of Musk Tweets includes info some shocking, if true, info on the upcoming Tesla Roadster. Musk says the Roadster will get rockets adapted from SpaceX technology as part of an …
Tesla Starman Battles Jeff Bezos In This Retro Space Shooter Game
Yes, you can actually play this game right now and beat it in about three minutes! Ryan Taylor from Autowise.com passed this new project along and we couldn’t help but share it. This old-school, side-scrolling Tesla space shooter game includes th…
SpaceX’s first fairing catch imminent with plans to 4X Mr Steven’s net
Following SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s brief confirmation that the launch company would be quadrupling recovery vessel Mr Steven’s already-huge net, members of the /r/SpaceX subreddit created a rough visualization of what that expanded net might look like once completed. Based on rough estimates done by the author, SpaceX’s official confirmation that fairings had landed within […]
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