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Originally Posted by Neilk
Awesome!!!
Are they using any new technologies or doing anything really innovative that NASA or ESA hadn't thought of? Quite an accomplishment regardless.
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FWIW, SpaceX was founded by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, who is also chairman of Tesla.
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"This was a completely new vehicle — it's not using any previously developed hardware. All developed from scratch. No government supplied hardware, Russian engines, or old ICBM motors. My hat's off to the employees of Space X — all 550 of them. (Note — no 'cast of thousands,' just 550).
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