I Am Elon Musk, CEO/CTO of a Rocket Co: AMA Top 25 Answers
Read the Reddit AMA here.
In order:
1. Has SpaceX looked into Hybrid craft like the SABRE program happening in the UK, or look into the possibility of a space elevator (Even at a thought experiment stage) in the way that Google and NASA have done?
If you want to get to orbit or beyond, go with pure rockets. It is not like Von Braun and Korolev didn’t know about airplanes and they were really...
Video: Musk Shows Fins in Flight
Musk tweeted last night “The flight grid fins look like the ones on this test we did, but larger…” and posted this video. We have it cued to the point where the craft starts it’s descent and deploys the fins. Roll tape:
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Elon shows us his hypersonic grid fins
Elon Musk is pretty proud of his rocket ship technology innovations, as well he should be. SpaceX are light years ahead of anyone else, as far as reusable rocket engineering is concerned.
Today, he showed the world the “hypersonic grid fins (x-wing config)” installed on a Falcon 9 and undergoing testing. He explains their function in a tweet, which we share with you below.
Grid fins are...
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