the NASA Chief just defended Elon Musk against Boeing when compared to Boeing Skeptics wrote
off SpaceX but according to reports Elon musk's company has actually accomplished more according
to NASA Chief Bill Nelson 14 missions in total have been given a SpaceX by the U.S space agency
an arrangement for five additional astronaut missions to the International Space Station
worth 1.4 billion dollars was the most recent one want to know more well let's find out hello
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NASA on the other hand has given Boeing six missions NASA's commercial crew program calls
for the company to launch its Starliner spacecraft which is intended to transport astronauts to the
International Space Station NASA Chief Bill Nelson told in a report that at the time of
the beginning of the space cargo and crew program SpaceX and Boeing were the two serious bidders
and everybody cuckooed SpaceX and said oh Boeing is a Heritage Corporation Nelson said well guess
it was still on the ground after its first test flight with astronauts and is going to do its
sixth Mission according to Nelson SpaceX is on schedule tell us its gigantic Starship spacecraft
which we'll be able to transport people all the way to the Moon according to SpaceX on Thursday
Starship successfully completed a static fire test by starting up six of its engines according
to Nelson who spoke in an interview the private space sector is quite advantageous just consider
the accomplishments of SpaceX Nelson made his remarks after NASA's space launch system or
SLS second launch attempt was postponed due to a liquid hydrogen leak and September the
agency's Artemis project which will ultimately send people back to the Moon includes the launch
the SLS was constructed by NASA over the course of 12 years and contrast SpaceX began launching
Starship prototypes in December 2020 and plans to launch its first satellite into orbit this year
NASA has a contract with SpaceX for 14 missions but the organization has already warned that the
company's intention to launch an additional 30 000 starlink satellites into orbit might lead to
significant congestion and let's get into details about Elon musk's space flight company SpaceX a
private space firm famed for its International Space Station missions SpaceX is the company that
created Starship SpaceX is a private space flight firm that launches astronauts from NASA to the
International Space Station as well as satellites and people into orbit Elon Musk the company's
founder is also developing and testing a Starship system for future crude Mars Expeditions and lunar
Landings on May 30th 2020 The Firm launched its first two astronauts to the International Space
Station on the SpaceX crew Dragon since then it has launched numerous additional Personnel
for NASA and other organizations it is the only commercial space flight business that
can currently launch astronauts into space as of mid-2022 however Boeing cst-100 Starliner could
soon give it a run for its money mosca businessman and an entrepreneur of South African descent
founded SpaceX at the age of 30 moscowmaster's first Fortune from the sales of his two profitable
businesses zip2 and PayPal which eBay acquired for 1.5 billion dollars in 2002 and 307 million
dollars respectively according to the New York Times musk concluded that a privately funded
space Enterprise would be its next significant Endeavor musk's initial plan was to send a
greenhouse to Mars which he called the Mars Oasis in addition to building a Science Foundation for
Mars his objective was to Peak popular interest in Exploration but the price proved to be prohibitive
so musk founded space exploration Technologies cork or SpaceX which is now situated in the
California town of Hawthorne which serves as the home of the SpaceX headquarters he invested
100 million dollars or one-third of his alleged Fortune at the time in starting SpaceX even in
the early years of SpaceX there was doubt that he would be successful SpaceX unveiled the spacecraft
in 2006 under the name Dragon after working on it secretly for 18 months according to reports
musk chose the song Puff the Magic Dragon by the folk Trio Peter Paul and Mary as the inspiration
for the spacecraft's name he claimed that the term was chosen because of the impracticability
of the space flight goals when musk founded SpaceX he was already a seasoned businessman who firmly
thought that cheaper launches would result from increased launch reliability and frequency in
order to finance the early stages of a Rocket's development he therefore looked for a reliable
client such as NASA thus his objective for SpaceX was to create the first privately constructed
liquid field rocket to reach space which he termed the Falcon won after he courted launch clients
from diverse sectors to brought in his customer base on the way to orbit the corporation faced
a significant learning curve prior fire attempts were unsuccessful due to issues like fuel leakage
and a rocket Stage Collision it required four tries to finally launch Falcon wand however Falcon
1 eventually completed two successful flights on September 28 2008 and July 14 2009 the Malaysian
razak sat satellite was also launched into orbit in 2009. NASA's commercial orbital transportation
services or cots demonstration program awarded SpaceX 278 million dollars in 2006 as part
of the program's funding cots was designed to encourage the development of systems that could
deliver cargo to the International Space Station on a commercial basis eventually the contract's
total value increased to 396 million dollars with the addition of a few more Milestones both rocket
plane Kissler and SpaceX were chosen for the program however rpk's contract was terminated with
just partial payment because the business did not reach the necessary milestones in the early stages
of the cots initiative a number of companies took part in sponsored or unfunded tracks NASA
green of two contracts for Commercial resupply Services in 2008 orbital Sciences Corporation or
orbital ATK today was awarded a contract for eight missions totaling 1.9 billion dollars and SpaceX
was awarded a contract for 12 flights worth 1.6 billion dollars the Falcon 9 rocket which is the
Workhorse of spacex's fleet has the ability to be reused Falcon 9 is a cargo weight of 28 991 pounds
which is substantially greater than Falcon 1 to low earth orbit as opposed to the 1480 pounds that
Falcon 1 was capable of carrying on December 21 2015 the first Falcon 9 booster touched down since
then SpaceX has worked to make booster retrieval a standard procedure usually they land on a robotic
drone ship close to the launch site to cut costs associated with the launch many Falcon
9 Rockets have been reused on February 6 2018 a more powerful rocket called Falcon heavy made
its debut passing nearly all of its significant Milestones a Tesla Roadster or an electric vehicle
produced by Tesla another business controlled by musk along with a spacesuit clad doll known as
Starman were successfully launched into orbit by Falcon heavy the launch in the roadster's initial
hours in space were broadcast live by SpaceX drawing interest from all across the globe the
core stage of the rocket hit the water at a speed of 300 miles per hour which was too fast and was
destroyed by the Collision the two rocket boosters however safely landed close to Kennedy Space
Center as anticipated the Roadster isn't expected to go at least as far as Mars's orbit thanks to
a subsequent engine firing by Falcon heavy and space a test of the crew Dragon spacecraft that
was meant to carry NASA astronauts into space encountered a problem while on the ground in
April 2019 which was a setback for SpaceX around Cape Canaveral Florida this produced a smoke
cloud that could be seen for Miles this mishap caused the company spleen to send people to the
International Space Station to be delayed despite this the firm is bounced back and since the first
crude Voyage in 2020 has been successfully placing passengers into space meanwhile musk's Mars planes
continue to feature Starships musk stated in a February 2022 update that it may be possible to
launch one Starship vehicle every six to eight hours and one super heavy rocket every hour on
missions weighing up to 150 tons according to musk such a high launch rates expected at lower
costs making Mars settlements more financially feasible and that ends our episode we hope you
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