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SpaceX
Sept 4, 2017 14:57:57 GMT -6
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Post by Granola on Sept 4, 2017 14:57:57 GMT -6
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Sept 25, 2017 8:17:11 GMT -6
Post by Minion on Sept 25, 2017 8:17:11 GMT -6
Campirano: Elon Musk may have bigger plans for Boca Chica McALLEN, RGV – Eduardo A. Campirano, port director and CEO of the Port of Brownsville, says he would not be surprised to see Elon Musk announce even bigger plans for SpaceX’s rocket-launching site at Boca Chica. Musk, founder of SpaceX, is expected to give highly anticipated updates next week about SpaceX’s plans to take humans to Mars. Musk will speak Sept. 29 at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia, the same forum where he first revealed SpaceX’s plans for a Martian conquest. riograndeguardian.com/campirano-elon-musk-may-have-bigger-plans-for-boca-chica/
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Sept 26, 2017 8:27:24 GMT -6
Post by Minion on Sept 26, 2017 8:27:24 GMT -6
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Sept 29, 2017 8:39:15 GMT -6
Post by Granola on Sept 29, 2017 8:39:15 GMT -6
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Dec 1, 2017 13:41:58 GMT -6
Post by miles on Dec 1, 2017 13:41:58 GMT -6
Progress slow at SpaceX’s planned South Texas spaceportBOCA CHICA, Texas -- More than three years ago, SpaceX founder Elon Musk gathered with state leaders at this remote South Texas beach to trumpet it as the future location of the world’s first commercial spaceport. But so far, the only liftoffs from the shifting dunes are being achieved by seagulls and pelicans. SpaceX — the Hawthorne, California, company started by the Musk with the aim of reducing the cost of space travel and one day facilitating the colonization of Mars — still counts the Boca Chica site in its plans. The company installed two large tracking antennas at the location this year, perhaps the most tangible indication yet of its intended purpose as a launch point for commercial satellites and, eventually, exploration of the solar system. But progress on the Boca Chica facility — in which Musk vowed SpaceX would invest $100 million and initially predicted could be sending up rockets by late 2016 — has been slower than either SpaceX or state officials envisioned when it was announced in 2014. The state has pledged a total of $15.3 million in incentives to the project, although SpaceX has returned a small portion of the state money it has received so far because it hasn’t met early job-creation goals. www.mysanantonio.com/business/technology/article/Progress-slow-at-SpaceX-s-planned-South-Texas-12389761.php
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Post by Minion on Dec 4, 2017 10:31:04 GMT -6
Progress slow at SpaceX’s planned South Texas spaceportBOCA CHICA, Texas -- More than three years ago, SpaceX founder Elon Musk gathered with state leaders at this remote South Texas beach to trumpet it as the future location of the world’s first commercial spaceport. But so far, the only liftoffs from the shifting dunes are being achieved by seagulls and pelicans. SpaceX — the Hawthorne, California, company started by the Musk with the aim of reducing the cost of space travel and one day facilitating the colonization of Mars — still counts the Boca Chica site in its plans. The company installed two large tracking antennas at the location this year, perhaps the most tangible indication yet of its intended purpose as a launch point for commercial satellites and, eventually, exploration of the solar system. But progress on the Boca Chica facility — in which Musk vowed SpaceX would invest $100 million and initially predicted could be sending up rockets by late 2016 — has been slower than either SpaceX or state officials envisioned when it was announced in 2014. The state has pledged a total of $15.3 million in incentives to the project, although SpaceX has returned a small portion of the state money it has received so far because it hasn’t met early job-creation goals. www.mysanantonio.com/business/technology/article/Progress-slow-at-SpaceX-s-planned-South-Texas-12389761.php Yeah, something needs to happen there already. It's been a long long time already. Just hope this doesn't turn into another project like the Santana Textiles in Edinburg. All talk, no action.
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Jan 9, 2018 14:01:58 GMT -6
Post by miles on Jan 9, 2018 14:01:58 GMT -6
OUCH! They're going to go bankrupt before we see a single launch from our beaches!
SpaceX May Have Destroyed a U.S. Spy Satellite Worth Billions of DollarsThe SpaceX launch of a government spacecraft is reported to have ended in disaster, with the payload burning up in the atmosphere before it reached orbit. What happened: SpaceX launched a mysterious government payload called Zuma, thought to be a spy satellite, on Sunday. But the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg say government officials have been briefed about the fact that it didn’t make it to orbit. The problem: It’s claimed the payload didn’t separate from the rocket during the final stages of the launch, meaning it could have tumbled through Earth’s atmosphere and burned up on descent. The Journal says the satellite was worth “billions of dollars.” The official line: SpaceX says it does “not comment on missions of this nature,” but “as of right now, reviews of the data indicate Falcon 9 performed nominally.” Backstory: Recently, SpaceX has been making launches look easy. This news serves as a reminder: they’re not. www.technologyreview.com/the-download/609925/spacex-may-have-destroyed-a-us-spy-satellite-worth-billions-of-dollars/
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Jan 26, 2018 13:19:09 GMT -6
Post by Minion on Jan 26, 2018 13:19:09 GMT -6
Interesting read on SpaceX and it's current and future plans. (start about halfway down the article for news). www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/01/kennedy-cape-brownsville-launch-pads-schedules/Starting in late 2017, construction equipment was moved to the site in preparation for major construction, which should start in 2018. The main structures will be the HIF, a payload processing and encapsulation facility, a launch control center, and the launch pad with its hardware (such as lightning towers, fuel tanks, sound suppression water storage tanks, etc.). The current plan for the site is to support both Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy commercial missions, mostly heading to Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO), although launches to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) are possible. However, recent updates by SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell seem to hint at the possibility of the site hosting future BFR tests and/or launches. SpaceX is currently limited to no more than 12 Falcon launches per year from the site, and up to two of those can be Falcon Heavy launches. As of now, the launch site is expected to be finished in late 2018 or early 2019, according to Ms. Shotwell, with “vehicle tests” occurring at around the same time. However, with no major construction on the launch site itself occurring as of now, only time will tell if SpaceX can achieve those goals.
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Feb 2, 2018 13:10:38 GMT -6
Post by Minion on Feb 2, 2018 13:10:38 GMT -6
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Feb 2, 2018 13:11:52 GMT -6
Post by Minion on Feb 2, 2018 13:11:52 GMT -6
SpaceX wants $5M more in Texas funding for spaceport BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — SpaceX is seeking up to $5 million more in new state funding to build a commercial spaceport in Texas, a high-profile project that's behind schedule after breaking ground in 2014. The Austin American-Statesman reports that SpaceX is seeking the money to help build infrastructure related to the launch facility at Boca Chica beach outside Brownsville. The California-based company was founded by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing the cost of space travel. About $15.3 million in state funding has already been set aside for the planned spaceport, but only about $3 million has been used so far. SpaceX has also returned a small portion of the funds because the company has fallen short of hiring goals as the project couldn't keep pace with its original timetable. ___ Information from: Austin American-Statesman, www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/spacex-wants-m-more-in-texas-funding-for-spaceport/article_7af971d8-05de-11e8-ab3a-5f5040553f8a.html
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