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    Running head: SpaceX SpaceX Abstract SpaceX is a well known private launch service provider in the commercial space transportation industry. Awarded with a NASA Launch Services contract‚ SpaceX is taking the industry by storm with low cost and ambitious operations. This paper will describe their background‚ operations‚ successes‚ shortcomings‚ safety aspects and their role in commercial space transportation. SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) is a launch

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    per second generates an unbelievable amount of heat. It is important to be able to reuse rockets because reconstructing new rockets is very expensive and time consuming (“Mission Mars”). In 2002‚ Musk founded SpaceX‚ and since then several spacecrafts have been launched (“SpaceX”). SpaceX is currently working to further improve the Dragon‚ Falcon heavy‚ and Falcon 9. Presently the Dragon is the only Spacecraft that can carry a significant amount of cargo back to Earth. The reason the Dragon is able

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    Elon Musk: Biography

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    Biography born 28 June 1971 South African/Canadian/American business magnate‚ engineer‚ and inventor.  He is currently the CEO & CTO of SpaceX and CEO & Chief Product Architect of Tesla Motors. Musk was born in Pretoria‚ South Africa to a Canadian mother and a South African father. Elon taught himself computer programming and at age 12 sold the computer code for a video game called Blastar for $500. TIMELINE 1983 At the age of 12‚ designs a videogame called Blast Star and sells it to a computer

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    Privatization Of Spacex

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    SpaceX has a net worth of almost twenty-one billion dollars. However none of that money would be possible unless companies partnered with them‚ or companies or people investing in them. “SpaceX is known as a leading commercial space exploration company that designs‚ manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. It provides regular

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    Tesla, SpaceX and Google

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    Table of contents 1.1 Terms of reference 2 1.2 Introduction 2 1.3 Background 2 1.3.1 Elon Musk 2 1.3.2 Elon Musk’s Organisations 2 1.3.3 Larry Page 3 2.0 Theory 3 2.1 Culture 3 2.1.1 Low/high power distance 3 2.1.2 Individualism/collectivism 3 2.1.3 Masculinity/femininity 4 2.1.4 Uncertainty avoidance 4 2.2 Leadership 4 2.3 Motivation 4 3.0 Analysis 5

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    The SpaceX Mars Program and the Falcon 9 rockets are more complex than what the world thinks. The SpaceX Mars Program launches the rockets that are designed by entrepreneur Elon Musk‚ with the goal to reduce space transportation cost and enable colonization of Mars. However‚ The Falcon 9 is the process of landing rockets correctly and what will have to be done before sending humans off to Mars. Even though‚ in the article “SpaceX Mars” explains the trip to Mars and the number of expenses for safety

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    humans to Mars first. The two companies are SpaceX and Boeing. The clear winner right now is Boeing. In order to determine who is winning in the race to Mars‚ there will be points on each individual company’s plan for the future‚ quotes from each company’s on the topic‚ and each company’s past endeavors. The future is unknown‚ so there are still many things that could happen. However‚ each company does have plans for the future. First looking at SpaceX

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    Brownsville‚ Texas has been a small unpopular area. With the SpaceX program being introduced and constructed on the Boca Chica Beach‚ it will bring many new jobs and tourists to come and visit Brownsville. To build a launch site‚ the people of SpaceX will need constructors to help; which will help out the population in Brownsville by contributing jobs. SpaceX is a great program‚ and to be able to have it so close to home is an amazing thing. SpaceX is tied into Physics through gravity and thermal energy

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    Elon Musk

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    Engineer/Entrepreneur Known for co-founder of Zip2‚ PayPal‚ SpaceX‚ Tesla Motors Salary $1 [1] Net worth $872 million+ Title CEO and CTO of SpaceX Chairman of SolarCity CEO of Tesla Motors Spouse Talulah Riley (2010-) Justine Musk 2000–2008 Children Five sons Signature Elon Musk (born June 28‚ 1971) is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known for co-founding PayPal‚ SpaceX and Tesla Motors. He is currently the CEO and CTO of SpaceX‚ CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors and Chairman

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    Boca Chca Beach Case

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    For decades‚ the only things launching from Boca Chica Beach in Brownsville‚ Texas were ospreys and seagulls. Today‚ however‚ a new battle is brewing over this ground. The space company SpaceX has identified a remote spot on the southern tip of Texas as its finalist for construction of the worlds newest commercial orbital launch site. The company should only revoke its final jurisdiction on settling their company in this ill-fated town‚ and find a place more adept to the situations that will be placed

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