SpaceX
Private aerospace firm
SpaceX is an American aerospace company founded by Elon Musk in 2002, formally named Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
The company designs and launches rockets and spacecraft, most notably the Falcon 9 and Starship vehicles.
SpaceX pioneered reusable rocket technology and operates Starlink, a satellite internet constellation.
SpaceX launched another batch of satellites yesterday.
Propulsion-driven spacecraft
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- reusabilityCapacity for repeated application
- launchpadRocket departure platform
- MerlinMythical British sorcerer
propulsion · thrust · payload · landing legs · Falcon 9 · Falcon Heavy · kerosene · liquid oxygen
Atmosphere plus outer void
- private sectorEconomy outside government control
- NASAFederal space exploration bureau
- Blue OriginPrivate American spaceflight company
- BoeingAmerican aircraft manufacturer
Lockheed Martin · contractor · competition · disruption · cost reduction · rideshare · government contracts · innovation
Enclosed dose container
- crewWorking team aboard
- cargoTransported goods
- ISSOrbiting multinational research facility
- dockingConnecting to a port
splashdown · astronauts · resupply · parachute · reentry · NASA · habitable · trunk
Top corporate officer
- founderOne who begins something
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- billionairePerson worth ten figures
Tesla · leadership · ambition · Mars colonization · Starlink · Neuralink · PayPal · Silicon Valley
Orbital military installation
- methaneSimplest alkane fuel
- stainless steelRust-proof iron alloy
- orbital flightPath circling a celestial body
- MarsRed planet, war deity
interplanetary · belly flop · tanker · lunar lander · prototype
Bodies circling larger ones
- constellationNamed pattern of celestial bodies
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- broadbandFast internet access
- dishesEating vessels and utensils
global coverage · bandwidth · latency · deployment · train · light pollution · astronomy
rocket
Propulsion-driven spacecraft
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- reusabilityCapacity for repeated application
- launchpadRocket departure platform
Merlin · propulsion · thrust · payload · landing legs · Falcon 9 · Falcon Heavy · kerosene · liquid oxygen · fairing
aerospace
Atmosphere plus outer void
- private sectorEconomy outside government control
- NASAFederal space exploration bureau
- Blue OriginPrivate American spaceflight company
Boeing · Lockheed Martin · contractor · competition · disruption · cost reduction · rideshare · government contracts · innovation · Hawthorne
capsule
Enclosed dose container
docking · splashdown · astronauts · resupply · parachute · reentry · NASA · habitable · trunk · heatshield
CEO
Top corporate officer
- founderOne who begins something
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
billionaire · Tesla · leadership · ambition · Mars colonization · Starlink · Neuralink · PayPal · Silicon Valley · South African
Starbase
Orbital military installation
- methaneSimplest alkane fuel
- stainless steelRust-proof iron alloy
- orbital flightPath circling a celestial body
Mars · interplanetary · belly flop · tanker · lunar lander · prototype
satellites
Bodies circling larger ones
- constellationNamed pattern of celestial bodies
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- broadbandFast internet access
dishes · global coverage · bandwidth · latency · deployment · train · light pollution · astronomy
- Elon MuskTesla, Neuralink, Starlink, OpenAI, PayPal
- private companiesstartup, Ltd, LLC, partnership, sole proprietorship
- space industryBlue Origin, NASA, satellites, communication satellites, GPS satellites
- espacioplaneta, luna, sol, tierra, cosmos
- spacesun, moon, stars, star, Earth
- aerospaceairplane, helicopter, rocket, rockets, astronauts
- outer spaceVacuum beyond Earth's atmosphere
- personal spaceComfort distance around oneself
- parking spaceDesignated vehicle slot
- empty spaceArea devoid of contents
- space barKey inserting blank characters
- space outBecome mentally absent
space, spaceship, spacecraft, spaceman, spaceport, spacemen, spaceflight, spacewalk, spacefaring