SpaceX botched its maiden satellite launch last month, but the fi...
SpaceX botched its maiden satellite launch last month, but the firm still is angling to become “the Southwest Airlines” of the satellite launching industry, CEO Elon Musk told the National Space Symposium Wed. Company engineers’ preliminary analyses suggest the…
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fire that wrecked Falcon 1 in March stemmed from a “pad processing error” 24 hours before launch, Musk said: “The error was made by our most experienced pad technician. It goes to show that even the best people make mistakes.” Despite the crash, Falcon 1’s big brother, Falcon 9, will make its maiden voyage at the end of 2008, Musk said: “Falcon 9 has the same engines, the same basic structural design, the same avionics and the same ground support experience. Every mistake on Falcon 1 is learned on Falcon 9,” Musk said. Musk announced a new Falcon 9 launch contract from MDA Corp. of Canada, set for 2008.