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Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Elon Musk (born June 28, 1971) is a South African born inventor, engineer and entrepreneur best known for co-founding SpaceX, Tesla Motors and X.com, which later became Paypal.

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NASA, SpaceX Announce Successful Falcon 9 Launch

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

on Tuesday announced the successful launch of the Falcon 9 rocket and the unmanned Dragon craft on a test flight to the International Space Station. NASA said the rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 3:44 a.m. Eastern time. NASA said the launch marks the potential for a new era in American spaceflight by partnering with SpaceX and other private companies. SpaceX Founder and Chief Executive Elon Musk said the start of the cargo delivery demonstration flight was "like winning the Super Bowl." The Dragon space craft's solar arrays have unfurled prior to tests and a rendezvous with the space station. The launch came three days after the flight was initially aborted to replace a piece of equipment.Copyright © 2012 MarketWatch, Inc....

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  1. AUTOSHOW-WRAPUP 2-Electric cars arrive, posing test for grids

    By Helen Massy-Beresford and Gilles GuillaumePARIS, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Top automakers finally haveelectric cars ready to purr into dealer showrooms. Now thequestion i...

  2. RPT-AUTOSHOW-WRAPUP 1-Electric cars arrive, posing test for grid

    By Helen Massy-Beresford and Gilles GuillaumePARIS, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Top automakers finally haveelectric cars ready to purr into dealer showrooms. Now thequestion i...

  3. AUTOSHOW-WRAPUP 1-Electic cars arrive, posing test for grids

    By Helen Massy-Beresford and Gilles GuillaumePARIS, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Top automakers finally haveelectric cars ready to purr into dealer showrooms. Now thequestion i...

  4. AUTOSHOW-Tesla supplies Toyota on electric Rav4

    By David BaileyPARIS, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Electric carmaker Tesla Motors will serve as a key supplier to Toyota Motor Corp under itsagreement with the Japanese autom...

  5. If They Can't Even Put a Man on the Moon...

    February 2, 2010 12:25 PM UTC by John StosselIf They Can't Even Put a Man on the Moon...Progressives love to point to the Apollo space program to justify their visio...

  6. The Business of Outer Space

    Greg Olson of GHO Ventures on making money in space tourism

  7. Charging Ahead With Solar

    SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive weighs in on the state of the alternative energy business.

  8. Tesla CEO: Happy With Progress We've Made

    Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk on the automaker's expansion with new models in the works as well as new dealers.

  9. Take a Trip to the...Moon?

    Space Adventures' Chairman Richard Garriott on the new business of private space travel.

  10. Daimler & Tesla Announce Deal

    Tesla Motors Chairman and CEO Elon Musk and Daimler AG Board Member Thomas Weber discuss Tesla and Daimler's new deal.

  11. Obama and the Space Race

    O'Brien on the shuttle

  12. Making Solar Affordable

    Solarcity CEO

  1. Five Electric Cars That Will Stretch Your Mileage

    Cars With Superior Gas MileageCar technology has come a long way. In the fight to decrease dependency on oil and avoid high gas prices, more electric-powered cars ar...

  2. Microsoft Co-Founder Allen Launches Space Project

    Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen is planning to build a spaceship that could replace the Space Shuttle and put paying passengers into orbit this decade.Lifelong ...

  3. Barrasso: Taxes Not the President’s Money

    Sen. John Barrasso sounds off on the DOE’s spending habits.

  4. Tesla wannabe owners get a gander at Model S Sedan

    By Sarah McBrideFREMONT, California (Reuters) - Electric carmaker Tesla Motors <TSLA.O> threw open its factory doors to customers who have preordered its forthcoming...

  5. EBay Builds New Division to Woo Developers

    Ebay Inc is building a new division to woo developers and attract more merchants as the company tries to emulate the success of Apple Inc's iOS platform in the e-com...

  6. U.S. Co. SpaceX to Build Heavy-Lift, Low-Cost Rocket

    Space Exploration Technologies is building a rocket with twice the lift capacity of NASA's space shuttle that will also cut launch costs, the company's chief executi...

  7. AUTOSHOW-WRAPUP 2-Electric cars arrive, to test grids

    (Corrects to show 0.5 percent, not 0.05 percent in para 16)By Helen Massy-Beresford and Gilles GuillaumePARIS, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Top automakers finally haveelectric ...

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