Sentences with phrase «reusable rocket stage»
In the first half of this year, Elon Musk's Hawthorne, California - based SpaceX unveiled both an experimental reusable rocket stage and a new crew vehicle for carrying humans into orbit.
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SpaceX is converting the site, formerly known as Launch Complex 13, into a landing pad for the reusable Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rocket stages the company is developing.
SpaceX has also been testing a reusable booster for its current Falcon 9 rocket, and has made several unsuccessful attempts to land the booster stage on a drone ship this year.
To build the International Moon Village and mine the Moon's resources, we need super efficient small, medium, large, and super large 4,100 (and higher) Isp electric rocket propulsion system powered reusable upper stages and space tugs for efficiently hauling cargo from LEO to a stable Low Lunar Polar Orbit.
Elon Musk, the company founder, has said he wants to make the entire rocket, including the Falcon 9 upper stage, completely reusable by the end of this year.