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SpaceX to build its massive BFR in Los Angeles

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The mayor of Los Angeles confirmed earlier reports that SpaceX will build its largest rocket, the BFR, at the Port of Los Angeles. The company intends to build a manufacturing facility on an 18-acre site at Berth 240 and use waterways to transport the massive rocket. This announcement confirms those reports.

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Relativity Inks Deal For Canaveral Launch Site

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Los Angeles-based Relativity , a space launch startup which is developing automation technology designed to automate construction of rockets, said on Thursday that it has signed a deal for a launch site at Cape Canaveral. Financial details of the facility deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Dreaming of Mars, the startup Relativity Space gets its first launch site on Earth

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That’s the goal Tim Ellis and Jordan Noone set for themselves when they founded Los Angeles-based Relativity Space in 2015. Like the other launch sites at Cape Canaveral, Launch Complex 16, where Relativity expects to be launching its first rockets by 2020, has a storied history in the U.S. space and missile defense program.

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JumpStartFund Taps SpaceX Vet, Engineering Expert For Hyperloop Effort

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There''s been a lot of buzz about tech mogul Elon Musks''s idea behind "Hyperloop"--a concept to make transit between Los Angeles and San Francisco in only minutes, using 800 mph, aluminum pods. jumpstartfund spacex hyperloop elon musk transportation project crowdfunding' Galloway was on the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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Next Vandenberg Rocket Launch, From ULA, Pushed Into January

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ULA, like its competitor SpaceX, regularly launches rocket missions from Vandenberg Air Force Base, which is north of Santa Barbara. READ MORE>>.

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Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inks Deal In Slovak Republic

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Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) is led by Dirk Ahlborn, and was originally funded by crowdfunding site JumpStarter. HTT said the deal will make it the first company to work on plans for a Hyperloop system in Europe. READ MORE>>.

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Relativity, a new star in the space race, raises $140 million for its 3-D printed rockets

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Using its proprietary printing technology, Relativity says it can slash the time it takes to develop a rocket from design to launch by up to two years. Relativity’s launch, manufacturing and test facilities are spread among Cape Canaveral, NASA’s Stennis Space Center and the company’s Los Angeles headquarters.