Another Private Space Startup

An anonymous reader writes "Wired has a story about former PayPal owner Elon Musk who has his own rocket company, SpaceX, trying to lower the cost of getting into space. They just tested the rocket engine, and hope to fly a test by the end of the year. Not bad for less than a year's worth of work so far." We mentioned this guy last year.

Comments

Very dangerous

[unterderbrucke]

Many people in space is dangerous. These "low cost" space aircraft all emite waste, and the people on board do too. This waste leads to spacecraft getting punctured, even destroyed, such as in the case of the Columbia, and eventually to numerous deaths. These craft also idealize visiting space, which is actually a dangerous proposition, considering recent deaths.

my contribution

[selderrr]

I don't know what it is with my bowels, but I've been farting like a rocket for the past few days. Probably not enough to take off, but it will motivate folks to get off the earth asap...


prolly a ridiculous comment that will get modded away, but it was honestly the first thing that crossed my mind (and my nose) when I saw the article title