SpaceX is a company for designing ,manufacturing, and launching rockets and spacecrafts. It was established in 2002, by Elon Musk, also a CEO of Paypal, Tesla, and SolarCity.
Comparing with NASA which requires extremely high cost to commit a space mission, SpaceX's goal is to reduce the cost. In the past, only government organizations were able to enter space. However, in recent years, more and more private companies involve in this great market such as SpaceX and Boeing. There are two reasons for this phenomenon. First, private companies are considered more efficient because it lacks complicated procedures of examination and permission, so it is easier to focus on technology itself. Second, due to business competition, private companies are forced to cut down the cost.
According to the statistics, when a rocket is launched, the fuel only takes up 0.3% of the whole expense. In other words, the rocket itself is the major cost. Therefore, if we can reuse the rocket, the cost will be highly reduced. The objective of SpaceX is to build reusable rockets and send millions of people to Mars in the end. "Ultimately, the thing that is super important in the grand scale of history is—are we on a path to becoming a multi- species or not? If we’re not, that’s not a very bright future. We’ll just be hanging out on Earth until some eventual calamity claims us," Musk said.
Comparing with NASA which requires extremely high cost to commit a space mission, SpaceX's goal is to reduce the cost. In the past, only government organizations were able to enter space. However, in recent years, more and more private companies involve in this great market such as SpaceX and Boeing. There are two reasons for this phenomenon. First, private companies are considered more efficient because it lacks complicated procedures of examination and permission, so it is easier to focus on technology itself. Second, due to business competition, private companies are forced to cut down the cost.
According to the statistics, when a rocket is launched, the fuel only takes up 0.3% of the whole expense. In other words, the rocket itself is the major cost. Therefore, if we can reuse the rocket, the cost will be highly reduced. The objective of SpaceX is to build reusable rockets and send millions of people to Mars in the end. "Ultimately, the thing that is super important in the grand scale of history is—are we on a path to becoming a multi- species or not? If we’re not, that’s not a very bright future. We’ll just be hanging out on Earth until some eventual calamity claims us," Musk said.
Musk's dream is to establish a colonial on Mars. Though it seems crazy, it may actually be possible one day. To achieve the goal, SpaceX makes great progress. They successfully launched two rockets (Falcon1 and Falcon 9) to reach orbits ,and send a spacecraft (Dragon) to supply International Space Station (ISS) .This is the first private company to make these achievements which enables SpaceX to win a 1.6 billion contrast from NASA for 12 missions of supplying ISS.
I consider Elon Musk, the CEO of the company, the most handsome man in the world!
回覆刪除Hahaha~~ I think so.
刪除I think I really have gained some knowledge after reading your post.
回覆刪除I really admire those having great dreams, because dreams can take human beings to an unknown but improving world.
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