What Does Musk Launch Falcon 1?

Instead of remaining in Silicon Valley and tumbling into the same rhythm as his peers, Musk took his business to Los Angeles, California. The conservative wisdom at the time said to take a break and wait for the next big thing to arrive in due time. Musk denied the logic by spending one hundred million dollars on SpaceX (Vance 21). In 2002 his vision launched with the objective of his newly established company: “To create a true space-faring civilization.” The idea of traveling from other planets in a relatively short amount of time was the goal SpaceX strived to achieve. The corporation called its first launch vehicle Falcon 1, after the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars. Falcon 1’s objective was to put small satellites into low-Earth orbit …show more content…
Due to multiple failures, including an engine catching on fire and a Falcon 1 not attaining great enough speed, the first Falcon 1 didn’t reach low-Earth orbit until 2009. In 2009, Falcon 1 made history as the first privately-funded, liquid-fueled rocket to plant a satellite into Earth’s orbit. After, SpaceX continued to make history. When its SpaceX Dragon vehicle linked with the International Space Station (ISS) in 2012, it was the first commercial company to ever dock on the ISS. Once again, in December of 2015, SpaceX was capable of successfully landing the first stage of the Falcon Rocket back onto a launch pad. This was the first time of many trials SpaceX effectively landed a used rocket stage in the approaching months. Lastly, on February 6, 2018, SpaceX successfully propelled Falcon Heavy, the world’s most powerful rocket in use today, into space. Furthermore, two of the supporting booster rockets were successfully guided back to SpaceX’s landing pads. (Dodds, Colin) Since Musk poured millions into this company with little public interest shows his passion for what he believes is