Mr. Musk dug into his companies’ budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with the fallout later. Under Donald Trump, he is set to apply those tactics to the U.S. government.
Category: Private Spaceflight
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Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and the Billions of Ways to Influence an Election
The world’s richest men have their own rocket fleets, their own media and their own schemes to succeed with Donald J. Trump.
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California Rejects Bid for More Frequent SpaceX Launches
A commission denied a request to increase the number of rocket launches on the state’s central coast, citing environmental concerns.
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SpaceX Polaris Dawn Spacewalk: How to Watch the Astronauts
The astronauts of the Polaris Dawn mission, after traveling through heavy radiation and high orbits, are getting ready to open the hatch of their SpaceX vehicle.
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Polaris Dawn Astronauts in SpaceX Dragon Reach Record Orbit Above Earth
After launching early on Tuesday, the billionaire Jared Isaacman and his crew traveled to altitudes not visited by any astronaut since the Apollo moon missions of the 1960s and ’70s.
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SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Launch: What to Know and How to Watch
A private mission, scheduled to launch at 3:38 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday after a series of delays, would take people farther from Earth than anyone has traveled since the end of NASA’s Apollo moon missions.
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Boeing Starliner Set to Leave Space Station Without Crew
The troubled spacecraft is scheduled to undock on Friday for a trip back to Earth while two NASA astronauts will stay in orbit.
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SpaceX Polaris Dawn Mission: Why a Billionaire Is Risking a Spacewalk
Jared Isaacman is leading three other privately trained astronauts on a SpaceX vehicle for Polaris Dawn, a mission that will include a daring spacewalk.
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NASA to Say If Boeing Starliner Astronauts Will Remain on Space Station
The agency’s leaders are meeting on Saturday to decide whether Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore can safely fly home to Earth on the vehicle that carried them to orbit.
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NASA to Say If Boeing Starliner Astronauts Will Stay Longer on Space Station
The agency’s leaders are meeting on Saturday to decide whether Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore can safely fly home to Earth on the vehicle that carried them to orbit.
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NASA Moves Toward Boeing Starliner Return to Restore Space Station Traffic
With the Falcon 9 rocket set to fly again, and testing of the Starliner capsule progressing, the agency is seeking to turn the page on a brief, troubled chapter in orbit.