Posted on 09/22/2014 10:48:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
BROWNSVILLE — At the groundbreaking ceremony Monday for SpaceX's commercial spaceport on the Texas Gulf coast, the founder of the aerospace company said the survival of mankind may hang on colonization of other planets.
The company's future commercial orbital spaceport in Boca Chica, near Brownsville, could be a key player in the race to Mars, said Elon Musk, who is the CEO.
“I'm an optimist,” Musk said. “I wouldn't have gotten into the rocket business otherwise.”
Musk said SpaceX expects to begin construction on the site by mid-2015 and launch at least one commercial flight per month by late 2016....
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Hope this schedule sticks better than that of their Falcon Heavy.
Awesome launch vehicle. Hope to see it go up from Vandenberg.
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