This company's president commented at a 2010 conference that "every day is a launch test day in Texas." This company developed an engine which runs on liquid kerosene instead of hydrogen, the Merlin, and this company's standard launch vehicles are named for how many engines they use, which can be either one or nine. The man who serves as CEO and CTO of this company fled South Africa on the eve of his mandatory military service to protest apartheid and has stated a desire to land people on Mars in the next twenty years, as exemplified by his vision of a "Red Dragon" mission. He also owns a portion of Tesla Motors and started PayPal. In December 2010, this company, whose President is Gwynne Shotwell, demonstrated the successful launch of its Dragon capsule, which is the subject of a 75-million-dollar NASA grant. For
This company's president commented at a 2010 conference that "every day is a launch test day in Texas." This company developed an engine which runs on liquid kerosene instead of hydrogen, the Merlin, and this company's standard launch vehicles are named for how many engines they use, which can be either one or nine. The man who serves as CEO and CTO of this company fled South Africa on the eve of his mandatory military service to protest apartheid and has stated a desire to land people on Mars in the next twenty years, as exemplified by his vision of a "Red Dragon" mission. He also owns a portion of Tesla Motors and started PayPal. In December 2010, this company, whose President is Gwynne Shotwell, demonstrated the successful launch of its Dragon capsule, which is the subject of a 75-million-dollar NASA grant. For 10 points, name this Silicon Valley company in the "New Space" sector, headed by Elon Musk.
This company's president commented at a 2010 conference that "every day is a launch test day in Texas.
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (or SpaceX)