I don't think anything else matters, and as we comb through SpaceX's past lives, everyone naturally has a clearer idea of whether Musk can send humans to Mars in 2024.
SpaceX was founded in 2002 and the founder is Former PayPal CEO of Tesla PayPal Musk Musk, who is cosmic maniac. He was an avid space enthusiast at the time and planned to spend $1 billion to develop a small vehicle that could carry a nuclear warhead. The idea was quickly supported by U.S. President Barack Obama and included in the National Security Strategy. SpaceX's website makes no secret of its ambition to design, build and launch advanced rockets and spacecraft that have revolutionized space technology and enabled people to live on other planets. No other private company in the world has set such ambitious and clear goals.
SpaceX had 160 before launching anything in 205 with 160, when only the government had the ability to launch rockets into space. But it was this company that became one of the most profitable companies in the United States and the world. In this process, Musk played a very important role. Musk's success is largely due to his business acumen and adventurous spirit. Many ridicule Musk for his whimsy.
Of course, Musk was ridiculed for investing just $100 million in 2006.
SpaceX received a $20 million investment from The FoundersFund in 2008, when it had 500 employees. On September 28 of that year, the fourth launch of Falcon 1 was finally successful, and SpaceX became the first private company in the world to successfully launch a liquid rocket for $7 million. In late 2010, SpaceX was awarded a $1.6 billion contract to provide commercial supply services to NASA's International Space Station as a replacement for the shuttle after its retirement in 2010. However, in the following two years, Space X has been facing huge losses. All of this made it have to start thinking about exiting the space market. But it ultimately chose to abandon the business. Why is that? Why? This time, even NASA was derided as having a stupid contract to transport cargo to the space station with a non-existent rocket.
SpaceX satellites first entered orbit in 2009.
Until 2010, when the world's first private company launched the Dragon freighter into low-Earth orbit and successfully recycled it, only the government and meteors could bring back something from space. This commercial space program is of global concern because it will not only change the way humans live in the future, but will also have a significant impact on the economy. SpaceX has 1,100 employees, and Musk owns two-thirds of the company, or about 700,000 shares, worth $87.5 million. Some people started paying attention to SpaceX and its founders, only to find that his CEO was very different from the CEOs of other public companies — not taking all the profits for himself, not working 5 hours a week, not playing golf every day, not having rockets to take off, and not knowing who would go first.
SpaceX's market capitalization in 2012 was $1.3 billion. This is one of the most glorious achievements in the history of human spaceflight. For the first time, a private company launched a cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station to resupply supplies.
In 2013, SpaceX launched the satellite SES-8, the first time a private company has successfully launched a satellite into geostationary orbit. But then Musk announced his withdrawal from the project. He said he had not received any information about the project and had no relevant contracts or agreements. This would require large rockets and expertise, and some in the United Launch Alliance (UnitedLaunch Alliance, ULA, Lockheed Ma and Boeing Joint Venture) found it ridiculous and completely impossible, and even suggested that Musk be prosecuted.
In 2015, SpaceX launched the Deep Space Climate Observatory, the first satellite launched by a private company outside earth orbit. It is explored between Mars and Jupiter. This mission is called the "Mars Exploration" instead of the so-called "Asteroid Survey." The Mars Exploration will be done using unmanned probes. But it's not the only option. On December 21 last year, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully landed at the Cape Canaveral launch site in the first quarter. It's a private company, no, it's the first company in the world to bring a used rocket back to Earth. It was previously brought back to Earth by gravity — given gravity's notoriety, a rocket brought back to Earth could no longer be used. The funny thing is that this time, it's a stunt and SpaceX will never make any money.
In 2017, SpaceX recovered the first rocket booster to fly again, and this November will be the third time the rocket has been reused. However, this is only the beginning, and rocket boosters will face more challenges in the coming years. In the commercial space sector, there are many key technologies on rocket boosters that need to be solved. Some continue to publicly mock the technology, just as some predict Tesla is about to go bankrupt, but Tesla, which currently sells more cars in the U.S. than Mercedes,is expected to give BMW a foothold in the fourth quarter.
In 20182, the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched Musk's Tesla Sports car into orbit between Mars and Jupiter, the most powerful rocket in the world after Saturn 5, which has twice the carrying capacity of Mars 5 after its retirement, and the launch cost is only one-third of that of Saturn 5. If the rocket can be commercialized, then its price will be lower, so this rocket has great potential to become one of the most promising products in the commercial space market. Falcon 9 is also currently the third largest rocket in the world, capable of performing more than 90% of rocket launch missions.
As of October 2018, SpaceX has completed more than 100 missions, signed more than 100 contracts, totaled more than $12 billion, has more than 6,000 employees, and is valued at more than $70 billion.
2019-2024。 SpaceX's Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) for the Mars mission has begun design and construction and will complete its first suborbital flight next year, capable of delivering a 150-ton payload to Mars. Musk plans to send two cargo ships to Mars in 2022 in preparation for a collective human landing on Mars in 2024, followed by regular flights to establish a logistics channel between Mars and Earth. NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), which NASA ordered from Boeing, costs $11.8 billion and will cost more than $41 billion in 2025. There's still a long way to go to get humans to Mars, and the SLS only has 4 crew members. Musk's BFR can carry at least 40 people at the same time. If the colonization program on Mars is to be realized within the next 20 years, SLS is one of the most promising options. But now it seems that SLS still needs more money and time to build. Some people laugh at the cost of $1 billion for an SLS launch, and give the money to Musk, and he can use the money to build a colony on Mars!
SpaceX has never launched anything, and now it's the most capable and cheapest launch vehicle provider on the planet, stealing satellite launch contracts from almost all countries.
All this is underpinned by reusable rockets — the ship's engines — rather than expensive garbage thrown away at once. Musk's ultimate goal is to reduce the cost of space launches to $200,000 per 24 hours. For decades, humans have dreamed of being able to send objects into the sky like rockets. But now that wish seems to have come to naught. Now, the Americans can put a small satellite into orbit. At such a cost, it only takes $10 million to launch the $50.4 billion International Space Station, and is a manned landing on Mars still an unattainable dream?