As SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket on May 23, the story is less about the rocket and more about its payload. Elon Musk had always envisioned the opportunity behind reusable rocket technology as a means to an end — space exploration, planetary colonization and global connectivity. This payload addressed the latter with 60 500-pound satellites designed as an initial proof of… Read more.
Originally posted for the Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100.
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