With SpaceX, Elon Musk – the real-life Tony Stark – wants to repurpose space rockets

Who has seen a release policy must have noticed that the rockets they are always discarded as soon as the fuel runs out, they end up falling into the sea and with the strong impact they are totally unusable. But that can change with the investments that the SpaceX been doing in reusable rockets.

The project started with the model Grasshooper in 2011. The launch rocket is 33 meters high and underwent several flight tests between 2012 and 2013, eight of which were successful and the most promising reached 744 meters in altitude and returned for a undamaged landing. Currently this model is retired and has been replaced by the younger brother F. 

A série F began to be tested in 2013 and is currently used in official missions of the NASA for shipment of cargo to International Space Station (ISS). They were responsible for putting the module into orbit Dragon, which has been used to take groceries to the ISS since late 2012. This will likely be the module that will take the next humans to the Moon and maybe even Mars. Unfortunately, none of the Falcon 9 rockets have been able to return unscathed from an official mission so far.

Since each launch carried out has a cost that can exceed 80 million dollars, creating a technology that allows reuse can greatly reduce the cost of sending satellites, groceries and astronauts to space. Once this occurs, missions may become more frequent, heating up a possible resumption of space race and enabling the long-awaited colonization of the Moon and other planets beyond space. Below the video posted on wine company official showing one of the rockets that almost managed to land, after a mission, on one of the deep sea rafts used during this testing phase.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkxCmNRKgHg

The company has just received a investment 1 billion dollars do Google to help the dream of space conquest come true as soon as possible. The owner of SpaceX, Elon Musk, It is known as Tony Startck of real life because, like the Iron Man From the comics, he is a millionaire who invests fortunes in technologies of the future. In addition to the space exploration company, he is still one of the owners of Tesla Motors, which has the most promising electric vehicles available to the consumer. It is also a shareholder of SolarCity, a company specialized in high-performance solar panels.

If I had the opportunity to embark on a space trip, I wouldn't hesitate for a second! is that you? would you face one of these? Tell us in the comments below!