Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk intends to introduce a reusable rocket even after the failure of Falcon 9.
CEO Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corporation is trying to ease the difficulties of the space industry. He stated, “If one can figure out how to effectively reuse rockets just like airplanes, the cost of access to space will be reduced by as much as a factor of a hundred. A fully reusable vehicle has never been done before. That really is the fundamental breakthrough needed to revolutionize access to space.”
The South African born entrepreneur is not only transforming the automotive industry from gasoline to electric automobiles but also competing with Lockheed Martin and Boeing’s 50–50 joint project, United Launch Alliance.
Tesla news exclaimed that the CEO only wants to transform the industry and extend people’s horizons, and he aims to do so by manufacturing reusable rockets. ULA aims to manufacture its reusable rocket, known as the Vulcan. In the current era, rockets could be used once only, making the expenses of space transportation prohibitive to state the least. However, ULA does not disclose a precise figure for then newly introduced machine. It states that the average charge to launch the rocket is $225m (and this is a concessionary price).
In addition to this, SpaceX informs that the huge part of the launching cost is due to the development of the rocket. Therefore, to cut down the cost, the organization is attempting to develop a rocket on which first and second stages are reusable.
Moreover, the company is by now conducting the test of F9R, which is essentially a Falcon 9 first stage rocket equipped with the capacity to land. The objective, states the SpaceX, is to make F9R return to the Earth, come down on the land, and be reusable for a significant number of times. This concept is not that much easy, as up till now, though it effectively directed the booster to the floating platform, it has failed to attain a vertical landing of the F9R.
Tesla news today affirmed that even more problematic is the fact that a launching operation conducted on June 28 aimed to redeliver the International Space Station and carry out a rocket reusability examination. Falcon 9 blasted soon after its launch. This accident not only damaged the cargo and the rocket but also played a role in making the examination of rocket’s reusability impossible, and destroyed the device’s earlier 100% success rate.
Whereas these failures are not favorable for the company, it is more than a welcome development for ULA. Tesla Motors news informed that apart from making efforts to develop usable rocket, Elon and SpaceX have clarified that it wants in on the action as far as the security of the U.S. is concerned.
It could be assumed that SpaceX’s initiative would improve its image.
