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Dragon can bring as many as 7 astronauts, and it had a crewed flight carrying astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken to the ISS in 2020. Musk sought to minimize the expense of spaceflight by establishing a fully multiple-use rocket that might raise off and return to the pad it introduced from. Starting in 2012, Space, X's Insect rocket made a number of brief flights to check such innovation. In addition to being CEO of Space, X, Musk was also primary designer in developing the Falcon rockets, Dragon, and Grasshopper. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive materia
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Video released by spacecraft maker Space, X commemorating its Dragon capsule, which on May 25, 2012, ended up being the first commercial spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station. Space, X (A Britannica Publishing Partner), (born June 28, 1971, Pretoria, South Africa), South African-born American entrepreneur who cofounded the electronic-payment company Pay, Friend and formed Space, X, maker of launch automobiles and spacecraft. He was also one of the very first substantial investors in, along with ceo of, the electrical vehicle maker Tesla. Top Questions, Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971. Elon Musk cofounded the electronic payment company Pay, Pal and founded the spacecraft company Space, X. Elon Musk founded Space, X, a company that makes rockets and spacecraft. He ended up being the president and a significant funder of Tesla, that makes electrical cars. Musk was born to a South African daddy and a Canadian mother. He showed an early talent for computers and entrepreneurship. At age 12 he developed a computer game and offered it to a computer publication. In 1988, after obtaining a Canadian passport, Musk left South Africa because he hesitated to support apartheid through required military service and due to the fact that he sought the higher financial opportunities available in the United States. Musk participated in Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and in 1992 he moved to the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, where he received bachelor's degrees in physics and economics in 1997. In 1995 he founded Zip2, a company that offered maps and company directories to online papers. In 1999 Zip2 was purchased by the computer producer Compaq for $307 million, and Musk then founded an online monetary services company, X.com, which later ended up being Pay, Pal, which focused on transferring money online. The online landenakyr.bloggersdelight.dk/2022/01/03/elon-musk-tesla-spacex-and-the-quest-for-a- amazoncom/ auction e, Bay purchased Pay, Buddy in 2002 for $1. 5 billion. Musk was long convinced that for life to endure, humankind needs to become a multiplanet types. However, he was disappointed with the excellent expense of rocket launchers. In 2002 he established Space Expedition Technologies (Space, X) to make more budget friendly rockets. A 3rd rocket, the Falcon Heavy (first launched in 2018), was developed to bring 117,000 pounds (53,000 kg) to orbit, almost two times as much as its biggest rival, the Boeing Business's Delta IV Heavy, for one-third the expense. Area, X has announced the successor to the Falcon 9 and the Falcon Heavy: the Super Heavy, Starship system. The Super Heavy first phase would can lifting 100,000 kg (220,000 pounds) to low Earth orbit. The payload would be the Starship, a spacecraft designed for providing quick transport between cities on Earth and developing bases on the Moon and Mars. Dragon can bring as many as seven astronauts, and it had a crewed flight carrying astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken to the ISS in 2020. Musk looked for to decrease the expenditure of spaceflight by establishing a fully reusable rocket that might raise off and go back to the pad it introduced from. Beginning in 2012, Area, X's Insect rocket made a number of short flights to check such technology. In addition to being CEO of Space, X, Musk was likewise chief designer in building the Falcon rockets, Dragon, and Grasshopper. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to special content. Subscribe Now Musk had actually long had an interest in
the possibilities of electrical cars and trucks, and in 2004 he turned into one of the major funders of Tesla Motors (later relabelled Tesla), an electric car business founded by entrepreneurs Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning.