Sentences with phrase «reusable rockets designed»

Elon Musk, the man behind Tesla and SpaceX, believes the same thing, which is why his company has been working hard on reusable rockets designed to cut the cost of traveling through space on a regular basis.

Blue Origin is not the only company pursuing a reusable rocket design.

Not exact matches

The company, founded in 2002, has already had six missions in 2018, notably its February demonstration test flight of the Falcon Heavy, a powerful new rocket with three reusable side boosters designed to carry heavier payloads.

The reusable rocket and capsule is designed to carry passengers to an altitude of more than 100 miles (62 km) above the planet so they can experience a few minutes of weightlessness and see the curvature of Earth set against the blackness of space.

Lockheed has responded with a plan to cut the price of launching government satellites by 25 % in the next few years, but SpaceX is now successfully using self - landing, reusable rockets that Lockheed might find difficult to match unless it can design its own reusable models.