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India’s Closer To Putting A Person In Space
Last week, the Indian Space Research Organisation performed a crucial pad-abort test on their crew capsule spacecraft, a successful crewed launch of which would make India only the fourth country ever to independently launch a human into space, after the (late) Soviet Union, United States, and China.
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World’s Largest Plane Could Give Elon Musk The Space Race He’s Craving
Billionaires are taking to space the way wistful young men take to the sea in 19th Century novels. Last week, Elon Musk launched his Tesla Roadster at the astroid belt using the world’s most powerful rocket currently in operation. Not to be outdone, Microsoft’s co-founder Paul Allen also has a big plan (and a big…
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Elon Musk Is Not Sending A Tesla Roadster Into Space On The Falcon Heavy Rocket
Screencap via SpaceX The maiden voyage of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket will have some interesting cargo, Elon Musk revealed on Twitter. Musk’s own cherry red Tesla Roadster playing “Space Oddity” over its stereo system will be aboard the rocket with its final destination being Mars’ orbit. Just kidding! He made it all up.