SpaceX Just Announced What Would Be the Largest Rocket of All Time
This is how Elon Musk wants to take us to Mars. Continue reading SpaceX Just Announced What Would Be the Largest Rocket of All Time
Tag Archives: SpaceX
Liveblog: SpaceX Announces What Is By Far the Largest Rocket of All Time
Elon Musk is finally unveiling his get-to-Mars master plan. Continue reading Liveblog: SpaceX Announces What Is By Far the Largest Rocket of All Time
Here’s the Paperwork You Need to Reach the Moon
From SpaceX to Moon Express, companies have a lot of red tape to wrangle before heading to the Great Beyond. Continue reading Here’s the Paperwork You Need to Reach the Moon
Working For Elon Musk
One of my favorite types of science fiction character is found in the books of Ben Bova; a business mogul who through brilliance, hard work, and the force of personality drives mankind to a whole new level in areas such as commercializing space, colonizing the stars, battling governments, and thwarting competitors.
It is possible to name a few such characters in real life — influencing the electricity industry was George Westinghouse, automobiles was Henry Ford, and more recently Steve Jobs and Elon Musk. With Elon’s drive we may all finally be driving electric cars within 20 years and spreading out …read more
SpaceX’s Rocket Landings Have Quickly Transitioned From Mind-Boggling to Routine
One of the toughest engineering problems ever has been almost completely mastered in the matter of a year. Continue reading SpaceX’s Rocket Landings Have Quickly Transitioned From Mind-Boggling to Routine
After The Prize: SatNOGS Builds Satellites
When Hackaday announced winners of the 2014 Hackaday Prize, a bunch of hackers from Greece picked up the grand prize of $196,418 for their SatNOGS project – a global network of satellite ground stations for amateur Cubesats.
The design demonstrated an affordable ground station which can be built at low-cost and linked into a public network to leverage the benefits of satellites, even amateur ones. The social implications of this project were far-reaching. Beyond the SatNOGS network itself, this initiative was a template for building other connected device networks that make shared (and open) data a benefit for all. To …read more
The First Public Hyperloop Propulsion Test Is Wednesday
Hyperloop One is doing the world’s first hyperloop propulsion test Wednesday. Continue reading The First Public Hyperloop Propulsion Test Is Wednesday
A New Crew of Mousetronauts Is Headed to the International Space Station
The mice will be observed via a live video feed, as well as expected to carry out tasks designed to test their muscle function. Continue reading A New Crew of Mousetronauts Is Headed to the International Space Station
White Supremacist Political Party Wants Elon Musk as Secretary of Transportation
“Every president should seek his advice and service.” Continue reading White Supremacist Political Party Wants Elon Musk as Secretary of Transportation
Hackaday Links: March 28, 2016
[Tom] sent this in to be filed under the ‘not a hack’ category, but it’s actually very interesting. It’s the User’s Guide for the Falcon 9 rocket. It includes all the data necessary to put your payload on a Falcon 9 and send it into space. It’s a freakin’ datasheet for a rocket.
A year ago in Japan (and last week worldwide), Nintendo released Pokkén Tournament, a Pokemon fighting game. This game has a new controller, the Pokkén Tournament Pro Pad. There were a few cost-cutting measures in the production of this game pad, and it looks like this …read more
