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Dragon can carry as lots of as 7 astronauts, and it had a crewed flight carrying astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken to the ISS in 2020. Musk sought to decrease the cost of spaceflight by establishing a totally recyclable rocket that could raise off and go back to the pad it launched from. Beginning in 2012, Space, X's Grasshopper rocket made several short flights to evaluate such innovation. In addition to being CEO of Space, X, Musk was also primary designer in developing the Falcon rockets, Dragon, and Insect. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to unique material. Subscribe Now Musk had long been interested in the possibilities of electric cars, and in 2004 he turned into one of the significant funders of Tesla Motors (later renamed Tesla), an electrical car business established by entrepreneurs Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning.
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Video launched by spacecraft maker Area, X commemorating its Dragon pill, which on May 25, 2012, became the first commercial spacecraft to dock with the International Area Station. Area, X (A Britannica Publishing Partner), (born June 28, 1971, Pretoria, South Africa), South African-born American entrepreneur who cofounded the electronic-payment firm Pay, Buddy and formed Space, X, maker of launch cars and spacecraft. He was likewise one of the first substantial financiers in, as well as primary executive officer of, the electric car maker Tesla. Top Questions, Elon Musk was born upon June 28, 1971. Elon Musk cofounded the electronic payment firm Pay, Pal and founded the spacecraft company Area, X. Elon Musk established Space, X, a company that makes rockets and spacecraft. He became the ceo and a significant funder of Tesla, which makes electrical automobiles. Musk was born to a South African daddy and a Canadian mom. He showed an early talent for computer systems and entrepreneurship. At age 12 he produced a video game and sold it to a computer system magazine. In 1988, after obtaining a Canadian passport, Musk left South Africa due to the fact that he hesitated to support apartheid through obligatory military service and due to the fact that he looked for the higher economic opportunities readily available in the United States. Musk attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and in 1992 he transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, where he got bachelor's degrees in physics and economics in 1997. In 1995 he established Zip2, a company that provided maps and company directories to online newspapers. In 1999 Zip2 was purchased by the computer system maker Compaq for $307 million, and Musk then established an online financial services company, X.com, which later on became Pay, Friend, which specialized in moving money online. The online auction e, Bay bought Pay, Pal in 2002 for $1. 5 billion. Musk was long persuaded that for life to survive, humankind needs to end up being a multiplanet species. Nevertheless, he was disappointed with the fantastic expenditure of rocket launchers. In 2002 he established Space Expedition Technologies (Space, X) to make more budget-friendly rockets. A third rocket, the Falcon Heavy (first launched in 2018), was designed to bring 117,000 pounds (53,000 kg) to orbit, nearly twice as much as its biggest rival, the Boeing Company's Delta IV Heavy, for one-third the cost. Area, X has actually announced the follower to the Falcon 9 and the Falcon Heavy: the Super Heavy, Starship system. The Super Heavy first phase would be capable of lifting 100,000 kg (220,000 pounds) to low Earth orbit. The payload would be the Starship, a spacecraft created for offering quick transportation in between cities in the world and building bases on the Moon and Mars. Dragon can carry as numerous 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 lower the cost of spaceflight by establishing a totally multiple-use rocket that might lift off and return to the pad it launched from. Beginning in 2012, Space, X's Grasshopper rocket made a number of short flights to test 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 unique content. Subscribe Now Musk had actually long been interested in the possibilities of electric automobiles, and in 2004 he turned into one of the significant funders of Tesla Motors (later on renamed Tesla), an electric automobile business founded by entrepreneurs Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning.
