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Dragon can carry as lots of as 7 astronauts, and it had a crewed flight bring astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken to the ISS in 2020. Musk sought to decrease the expense of spaceflight by establishing a fully multiple-use rocket that might take off and return to the pad it released from. Starting in 2012, Space, X's Grasshopper rocket made numerous short flights to test such innovation. In addition to being CEO of Space, X, Musk was likewise chief designer in constructing the Falcon rockets, Dragon, and Grasshopper. Get a Britannica Premium membership and gain access to special material. Subscribe Now Musk had actually long had an interest in the possibilities of electric cars and trucks, and in 2004 he turned into one of the major funders of Tesla Motors (later on relabelled Tesla), an electric car business founded by business owners Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning.
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Video launched by spacecraft maker Space, X commemorating its Dragon capsule, which on May 25, 2012, became the very first industrial spacecraft to dock with the International Spaceport Station. Area, X (A Britannica Publishing Partner), (born June 28, 1971, Pretoria, South Africa), South African-born American business owner who cofounded the electronic-payment firm Pay, Buddy and formed Area, X, maker of launch vehicles and spacecraft. He was also one of the very first significant financiers in, in addition to primary executive officer of, the electrical cars and truck maker Tesla. Top Concerns, Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971. Elon Musk cofounded the electronic payment firm Pay, Pal and founded the spacecraft company Space, X. Elon Musk founded Space, X, a business that makes rockets and spacecraft. He became the primary executive officer and a major funder of Tesla, which makes electric automobiles. Musk was born to a South African dad and a Canadian mom. He displayed an early talent for computer systems and entrepreneurship. At age 12 he produced a video game and offered it to a computer system publication. In 1988, after getting a Canadian passport, Musk left South Africa because he hesitated to support apartheid through obligatory military service and because he sought the higher financial opportunities readily available in the United States. Musk went to Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and in 1992 he transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, where he received bachelor's degrees in physics and economics in 1997. In 1995 he established Zip2, a company that provided maps and business directories to online newspapers. In 1999 Zip2 was purchased by the computer producer Compaq for $307 million, and Musk then founded an online monetary services business, X.com, which later became Pay, Buddy, which focused on transferring cash online. The online auction e, Bay bought Pay, Buddy in 2002 for $1. 5 billion. Musk was long persuaded that for life to survive, humanity needs to end up being a multiplanet types. Nevertheless, he was dissatisfied with the terrific expense of rocket launchers. In 2002 he established Area 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, nearly twice as much as its biggest rival, the Boeing Company'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 stage would be capable of raising 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 on Earth and developing bases on the Moon and Mars. Dragon can carry as numerous as seven astronauts, and it had a crewed flight bring astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken to the ISS in 2020. Musk looked for to reduce the expense of spaceflight by developing a totally reusable rocket that might take off and return to the pad it launched from. Beginning in 2012, Space, X's Insect rocket made numerous brief flights to test such innovation. In addition to being CEO of Area, X, Musk was also primary designer in constructing the Falcon rockets, Dragon, and Insect. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to special content. Subscribe Now Musk had long had an interest in the possibilities of electric cars, and in 2004 he turned into one of the major funders of Tesla Motors (later on relabelled Tesla), an electrical automobile company established by business owners Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning.
