Tesla Motors Club Forum > General Forum > Off Topic SpaceX User Name Remember Me? Password Off Topic Discussion about Off Topic Subjects Page 6 of 12 « First < 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 > Last »   LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes 12-25-2008, 09:00 AM   #51 domenick Senior Member   Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 262 Quote: Originally Posted by doug ...beat out a Chicago-based consortium called PlanetSpace that included three of the U.S. space agency's prime contractors -- Lockheed Martin Corp, Boeing Co and Alliant Techsystems Inc. It's a big deal that they beat out the old guard. I suppose that's what you get for naming your consortium an oxymoron. They had to go with "PlanetSpace" because "Holy Crap! We better cobble a company together to suck up government contract money using our political connections rather than new innovative technology" wouldn't fit on letterhead.   12-26-2008, 01:46 AM   #52 Cobos Waiting for P121   Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 768 Quote: Originally Posted by domenick They had to go with "PlanetSpace" because "Holy Crap! We better cobble a company together to suck up government contract money using our political connections rather than new innovative technology" wouldn't fit on letterhead. But I must say, it would have been a grand letterhead :) Cobos   12-30-2008, 09:19 AM   #53 graham Super Moderator     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Aptos, California Posts: 1,551 Some new Falcon 9 progress: http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7825 Quote: The integration of Falcon 9 continued steadily through the long Christmas holiday, and the images below show just how close Falcon 9 is to being completely integrated. Whether measured by weight or by cost, the majority of the Falcon 9 being assembled is actual flight hardware. If there are no unexpected delays, its possible Falcon 9 will be integrated before December 31st — certainly a great way to start off the New Year.   01-02-2009, 08:32 AM   #54 graham Super Moderator     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Aptos, California Posts: 1,551 More pictures of the Falcon 9, now fully integrated. Soon to get vertical. The Space Fellowship   01-02-2009, 10:48 AM   #55 TEG Tesla Fan     Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,988   01-03-2009, 09:43 AM   #56 vfx ERIC VFX     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CA Posts: 4,655 A a New Years party I met a neighbor who has worked as an engineer for 30 years at Rocketdyne. He said many have left to SpaceX. He also said that SpaceX makes "Yugos" and Rocketdyne makes "Mercedes". __________________ . . . . . . The world loves to be deceived.   01-03-2009, 01:35 PM   #57 doug Head Moderator     Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stanford, California Posts: 3,606 Forget the bungalow, retire to Mars - Times Online   01-03-2009, 02:18 PM   #58 TEG Tesla Fan     Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,988 Quote: ...The company is ramping up production of its 125mph Lotus Elise-inspired Roadster while slashing the price to $60,000 (£41,000)... Makes it sound like they are cost reducing the Roadster, but I suspect they were talking about Model S and the reporter didn't understand.   01-05-2009, 04:00 AM   #59 dpeilow Super Moderator     Join Date: May 2008 Location: Winchester, UK Posts: 2,975 Possible Protest to NASA Award to Orbital for Supply Missions | BNET Government Blog | BNET Bad losers   01-08-2009, 03:34 PM   #60 dpeilow Super Moderator     Join Date: May 2008 Location: Winchester, UK Posts: 2,975 Final Step Before Falcon 9 Goes Vertical   Page 6 of 12 « First < 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 > Last » Bookmarks del.icio.us Digg StumbleUpon Google Tags elon musk, spacex « Previous Thread | Next Thread » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules All times are GMT -7. The time now is 10:12 AM. Mark Forums Read | View Forum Leaders Click here to learn about advertising! Contact Us - Tesla Motors Club - Archive - Top | Home | Register | FAQ | Today's Posts | Search | New Posts |

Teslamotorsclub.com (TMC) is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or affiliated by or with Tesla Motors, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries, suppliers, or vendors. ‘Tesla Motors’, 'Model S' and ‘Tesla Roadster’ are trademarks of Tesla Motors, Inc. Click here to learn about advertising!