SpaceX
Transcript: Mars Colonial Transporter (MCT) / Falcon Heavy, Super Heavy (X, XX) Facilities: THIS IS STILL A MEDIUM LIFT ROCKET! Falcon 9v1.0 (developed 2005-2010; flown 2010-2013 Redmond, WA -Falcon 9 Air: In December 2011, SpaceX signed a contract with Stratolaunch to develop an air-launched, multi-staged rocket. However, in Nov 2012, Stratolaunch decided to partner with Orbital Sciences Corperation, ending the Falcon Air 2012-2014 -Same design as Falcon 9, utilizing the 9-engine clusters and heavy configuration -Raptor engines = 1M lbf each -Diameter of 100ft 2010-2012 Kennedy Space Center (leased part from NASA) 2002-2006 -Small, reusable -Roughly 1000lbs into orbit -Testbed for all later rockets -Cost = $7.5M Competition Hawthorne, CA -Daniel Tyree SpaceX Headquarters Dragon Capsule Southern NM Headquarters: Hawthorne, CA Founder: Elon Musk Founded: June, 2002 2006-2010 -Program designed to develop technology to land the primary stage of the rocket for reuse -Possibility of program helping to reduce launch cost up to 10 times of current cost -Primary cause for success of SpaceX as a business -Improve reliability to space. -First sample return mission to Mars. -Exploration and colonization of Mars. Employees: 2002 - None< 2005 - 160 2008 - 500 2010 - 1,100 2012 - 1,800 2013 - 3,000 2014 - 3,800+ Falcon 1 (developed 2002-2006; flown 2006-2009) Goals: -First Heavy Configuration -First demo planned by 2015 -3 side-by-side Falcon 9v1.1 main stages for a total of 27 Merlin 1D engines -Total 4.185Million lbf thrust at takeoff -Predicted cost = $100M -60% larger and more powerful than 9v1.0 -29k lbs into orbit -150:1 thrust-to-weight ratio, highest ratio in rocket history -9 Merlin1D engines,each with 155k lbf, for a total of 1.4million lbf -Original Cost = $55M -Current Cost = $61M -A $100M investment from Google might have a link to a possible contract of up to $1B for Google's communication satellite network after they parted with OneWeb, as Google plans to bring their services world-wide through Skybox satellites. Funding -Can land up to 7,300lbs on earth from orbit -Solar arrays can produce up to 4kw -Planned Mission to Mars (Red Dragon) -Mission expected: 2020 - 2022 Total: $200M; $100M - Musk $100M - Private Investors 5 flights: 3 used Merlin 1A (76k lbf) 2 used Merlin 1C (93k lbf) Founding -Falcon 5: A spacecraft design using 5 engines, canceled in favor of the larger Falcon 9 Upcoming: $500M - NASA long-term contracts WHAT WILL COME NEXT?!?!? Grasshopper Falcon 9 Heavy Configuration (Under Development) Total: $1B; $100M - Musk $100M - Private Investors $300-400M - Private Contracts $400-500M - NASA Contracts -100 people + supplies = 100 tons -Early flights = less people & more supplies -Several cargo missions before colonists -First colonists arrival = 2025 - 2030 -Colony: >10 - 80,000 people Falcon 9v1.1 (developed 2010-2013; flown 2013-current) Total: $100M - Musk McGregor, TX Space Exploration Technologies Inc. Controversies Reusable Rocket Program -Medium lift, partly reusable -20k lbs into orbit -9 Merlin 1C engines for total of 837k lbf takeoff -Cost = $56.5M Failed, Flops, Disasters Elon Musk Hawthorne, CA Brownsville, TX