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Elon Musk's SpaceX Offers Low-Cost Rockets

Posted by michael on from the everyday-low-prices dept.

HobbySpacer writes "The cover article of the latest issue of Aviation Week looks at SpaceX and how its Falcon line of rockets threatens to shake up the space launch industry. Founded by Elon Musk, who also started PayPal, SpaceX is developing the Falcon I (first flight this summer) and Falcon V (first flight in 2005) that will cost as little as 20-30% of what competitors like Orbital Sciences and Boeing charge for comparable vehicles."

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  1. Re:Amazing! by LordHatrus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    not sure how to take that.... :)

  2. Re:Somewhat off topic by boutell · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Flash itself can be pretty amazingly efficient. It can be used stupidly, but so can HTML. , anyone?

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  3. Who would have thought? by Black+Mage+Balthazar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I guess PayPal really is rocket science...