Month: September 2015

  • Why is Elon Musk involved in wide range of technologies

    Elon Musk has made a number of headlines over the years for the different technologies that he is involved in.  In this article we will look at each of these and how we believe they will be relevant for a future colony on Mars. Rockets and Spacecraft (SpaceX) SpaceX have made quite a name for themselves…

  • SpaceX moves a step closer to Return To Flight

    SpaceX has completed the first static fire test of their enhanced Falcon 9 rocket as they move closer to return to flight.  The upgraded rocket (name not yet known) uses Full Thrust Merlin 1D engines, previous flights the engines had only been run at 85% thrust. This upgrade which was already in the works before…