Leader In Commercial Space Business Talks About The Future
After bearing the pouring rain that "blessed" the
ground-breaking of a new launch facility headquartered in the
shadow of historic Space Launch Complex 40, Aero-TV's Jim Campbell
got some rare one-on-one time with SpaceX honcho, Elon Musk. The
new facility, which will someday launch Falcon 9 rockets for Space
Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) was dedicated early in
November, during the World Space Expo. Space Launch Complex 40
(SLC-40) is situated on the historic Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station, and will start serving as the primary launch site
for SpaceX's upcoming Falcon 9 launch vehicle, beginning in late
2008.
Located on the Florida coast, just south of NASA's launch site
for all Apollo moon missions and Space Shuttle flights, SLC-40 is
capable of supporting both the Falcon 9 and future Falcon 9 Heavy
missions. In operation since 1965, SLC-40 has hosted numerous
launches, including the departure of two interplanetary missions --
the Mars Observer satellite, and the Cassini spacecraft now
exploring the rings and moons of the planet Saturn.
"Initiating activities at the Cape in Florida is a major
milestone in our mission to decrease the cost of reliable access to
space," said Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, at the
ceremony.
"This is truly the beginning of a new era in commercial space in
Florida and we are thrilled to help bring SpaceX to Florida"
commented Space Florida CEO Steve Kohler, who also participated in
the ceremony.
In the coming months, SpaceX will perform extensive upgrades and
removal of outdated infrastructure to transform the site into a
state of the art facility for commercial satellite launches, supply
missions to the International Space Station (ISS), and eventually
lofting crew carrying missions to the ISS and future orbiting
destinations.
Check out what Musk has to say about the future of SpaceX...
including his thoughts about what he'll be doing ten year form
now... all that and more in this episode of Aero-TV!!!
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