Have you ever looked up into the stars and wondered what would be like if you could take a weekend trip to the moon? Well, Eon musk is making that possible with space X. In the article titled “How Elon Musk Has Changed Space Travel” by business insider. It lists the top 9 ways he is revolutionizing private space travel. This martial is broken up into 3 sub sections from 9 main topics relating to the most important aspects of space flight.
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- The main problem with space travel is the cost. Space X is the leader in cheap affordable spacecraft. They way they managed to cut the costs so drastically is self production. Space x is the only rocket company that makes its own rockets. This is great because they have full control of the design of the rockets. And when you are in charge of the entire design process you have a lower explosion rate. The USAF could take a satellite into space for $460 million. Space X is capable of doing the same job for just $90 million. One of the ways that they did this was creating a reusable rocket. So the rocket takes off then the payload is jettisoned into space and the fuel tank flies itself back down to earth refuels and is ready for the next launch.
- With the monopoly on space travel growing every day. Musk sued the government to lift a monopoly blocking companies like SpaceX from filing contracts with the US Air Force. This is important because it shows how badly spaceX wants to become the main form of transportation in space. Musk said that “SpaceX could provide the same services as ULA for one fifth the cost, which would not only benefit the Air Force, but also American taxpayers. SpaceX was later certified to compete for these contracts in 2015”
- SpaceX has developed a rocket booster that Can survive its launch with a single booster lost. For most people thinking about this it would be a no brainer to have this implemented into every rocket design. Turns out that more than 50% of all rocket launches fail because of a booster failure. SpaceX has created a redundant rocket that is capable of pushing on through space even tho it lost a major thrusting force
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