At an event held by the Air Force in cooperation with Starburst Aerospace where 75 space startups were invited to pitch more than 100 venture capitalists in attendance, CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk described Starship, the next-generation rocket they are developing, as the key to fully reusing a rocket.
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“With respect to space, I think there’s really just one problem, which is a fully and rapidly reusable orbital rocket. This is the holy grail,” Musk said.
The next-generation rocket, Starship which SpaceX is developing is the key to fully reusing a rocket. It is an ambitious project for SpaceX as it is capable of sending people to-and-from the moon and Mars.
Musk believes, If SpaceX can repeatedly launch and land with Starship rocket, it could make space travel much easier, with only minor maintenance needed between flights and fuel as the main cost for an airplane.
SpaceX wants to have Starship in orbit next year. They plan to land on the moon before 2022 with cargo and with people soon after that.
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Elon Musk is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and engineer. He grew up in South Africa, then immigrated to Canada at age 17. He landed in the US as a transfer student at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds South African, Canadian, and U.S. citizenship and is the founder of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO of Tesla, Co-founder of Neuralink; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder of OpenAI; and co-founder of PayPal. He has a net worth of $22.8 billion and is listed by Forbes as the 40th-richest person in the world. SpaceX, Musk’s rocket company, is now valued at more than $20 billion. More Info
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