Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Raising Money at a Valuation Approaching $10B

Re:Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Raising Money at a Valuation Approa... by ef4 on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @12:23PM (#8198173)

In July, SpaceX successfully soft-landed a Falcon 9 first stage in the Atlantic. Now that they've proved they can do it, they're going to try over land next.

So they're already very close to the dream of a liquid booster that you can just land, refuel, and relaunch.

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Re:Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Raising Money at a Valuation Approa... by rsynnott on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @12:53PM (#8198387)

The Soviets were also very close to that dream for some time, without ever getting it economical. The US was kind of doing it with solid boosters for decades, but again the economics were dubious; it would practically have been cheaper to build new ones (and I believe that's the plan for the SLS; the solid boosters won't be recovered).

Don't get me wrong, it'll be great if they manage it, but I don't think it's as easy as people seem to assume.

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Re:Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Raising Money at a Valuation Approa... by seanflyon on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @03:33PM (#8199295)

I don't think it is easy, but I do thank that they have very nearly solved that difficult problem.

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Re:Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Raising Money at a Valuation Approa... by chromaton on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @01:33PM (#8198650)

Well, they have been working on it steadily for 12 years now.

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