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SpaceX Craft Attempts Risky Space Station Flyby

Posted 05.24.2012

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By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 05/24/2012 06:56 AM EDT on SPACE.com This story was updated at 8:10 a.m. EDT. A private spaceship on its first t...

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WATCH: SpaceX Rocket Blasts Off Toward International Space Station

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 05.22.2012

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Second time's a charm. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station early Tuesday morning, carrying the Dragon caps...

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SpaceX Rocket Blasts Off On Historic Trip To International Space Station

Posted 05.22.2012

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral early Tuesday morning. The 3:44 a.m. launch followed numerous technical delays, includin...

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SpaceX Fixes Glitch That Grounded Rocket As New Launch Window Approaches

Posted 05.21.2012

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By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 05/20/2012 10:19 AM EDT on SPACE.com CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX engineers have replaced a faulty engine valv...

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Elon Musk On Private Space Travel And Moving To Mars

AOL | Posted 05.18.2012

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Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk discusses his company, SpaceX, and the future of private space travel. In 2002, Musk founded Space Exploration Technologie...

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Buffett, Gates Get 12 More Billionaires To Donate Over Half Of Fortunes

Posted 04.21.2012

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There are now 81 billionaires committed to giving at least half of their fortunes to charity, thanks to 12 new families and individuals who have signe...

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Flying Cars And Beyond: A Look At Entrepreneurial Automakers Over The Years (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone and Drew Guarini | Posted 04.09.2012

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With roots tracing back to the 1800s, the modern auto industry grew out of the grand ideas of entrepreneurs like Henry Ford. Since the inception of wa...

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How Much Will Space Tourists Have To Shell Out To Go To Mars?

Posted 03.23.2012

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Where would you rather go, Disneyland or Mars? No doubt a visit to the magic kingdom would be great, but for a little more cash, an eccentric billi...

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PayPal's Elon Musk Explains Grand Plans For The Future Of Space Travel

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 03.19.2012

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PayPal co-founder Elon Musk sat down with Scott Pelley in a 60 Minutes interview aired March 18 to discuss one of his most ambitious ventures to date:...

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The New Space Race: The Next 30 Years of Human Exploration of Space

Richard Garriott de Cayeux | Posted 04.22.2012

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So, why travel into space and why should tax payers pay for humans to travel beyond Earth? Because this exploration will return direct economic value beyond exploration, in areas such as energy and minerals.

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Revenge of the Electric Car: Plug It In on DVD

Linda Hassler | Posted 03.26.2012

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After making his successful 2006 film, Who Killed The Electric Car, director Chris Paine was elated to learn the auto industry was finally committing to electric cars (EVs).

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Elon Musk Divorcing!

Posted 01.19.2012

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Elon Musk announced via Twitter Wednesday that he and his wife, British actress Talulah Riley, are splitting after just over one year of marriage. ...

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WATCH: 'Ultra-Secretive' Company Shows Test Of New Project

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 11.18.2011

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Blue Origin, the rocket company underwritten by Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, has released two new videos showing a successful test of a rock...

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To Skirt Visa Issue, Blueseed Wants To Build Immigrant Startups On International Waters

Mahendra Ramsinghani | Posted 01.14.2012

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Mahendra Ramsinghani

Max Marty, a Silicon Valley founder, wants to build a "visa-free" startup incubator aboard a ship in international waters. How crazy can entrepreneurs get?

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WATCH: Company To Attempt To Build Reusable Rocket

Posted 12.03.2011

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SpaceX, a private rocket and spacecraft maker, wants to put an "x" through space junk. Its own space junk, at least. The company, also known as ...

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SpaceX To Break Ground On Launch Pad

AP | Posted 09.12.2011

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — An unused pad at the nation's West Coast launch complex is being retrofitted to send up the world's most pow...

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NASA Shuttle Closing Could Benefit Space Startups

Reuters | Posted 09.07.2011

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(By Irene Klotz) - After the U.S. space shuttle program ends this month, NASA will rely on Russia and its Soyuz craft to deliver Americans to the In...

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Company Unveils Plans For World's Biggest Rocket

AP | By SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 06.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A high-tech entrepreneur unveiled plans Tuesday to launch the world's most powerful rocket since man went to the moon. Space Exploratio...

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Justine Musk On Ex Elon Musk: 'I Really Trusted My Husband'

Huffington Post | Ashley Reich | Posted 05.29.2011

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CNBC’s Divorce Wars, which premiers Tuesday at 9pm EST, takes viewers behind the scenes of contentious, multi-million dollar splits. Anchor Meli...

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Why You Should Hide Your Computer After A Split

Vicki Larson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Divorce used to be a lot easier. Oh, not because of changes in divorce laws or family courts, but because the worst that could happen is that you'd ca...

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Can NASA Change In Order To Survive?

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Early this month, Hawthorne-based rocket venture SpaceX launched an unmanned version of its Dragon capsule into orbit, took it for a few spins around ...

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Tesla Unveils Revamped Electric Car Factory

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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FREMONT, Calif. — Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. has unveiled its retooled factory in Fremont where it plans to produce its next-generatio...

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HISTORIC: SpaceX Launching First Privately Owned Spacecraft For NASA

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA took a giant leap away from the spaceflight business Wednesday as a private company launched a spacecraft into orbit...

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First Privately Owned Spacecraft To Launch This Week

NY Daily News | Posted 05.25.2011

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The future of the space travel will undergo a crucial test Tuesday when the first privately owned spaceship attempts a launch into orbit. ...

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Tesla Recalls One-Third Of Electric Roadsters

SFist | Brock Keeling in News on October 4, 2010 4:00 PM | Posted 05.25.2011

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Are you one of the 1,300 owners of Tesla Motors' first run of electric roadsters? Supposing you were fortunate enough to drop over a hundred grand on ...

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