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SpaceX Plans First Commercial Flights Of Starship In 2021

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX is hoping to launch the very first, commercial missions for its Starship spacecraft--designed to deliver passengers to Mars--in 2021, according to the company , and is currently in talks with three companies on those missions. The revelation about the launch target came at a conference in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Boeing: We'll Beat Elon Musk To Mars

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX appears to have kicked off a race to Mars, as the CEO of Boeing, Dennis Muilenburg, said on Tuesday that the company believes it just be able to be the first to deliver space travelers to Mars.

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SpaceX's Elon Musk: No IPO, Our Goal Is A City On Mars

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If you''re looking at Hawthorne-based rocket firm SpaceX as the next big IPO in Southern California, you might have to look again. The remarks, which were made at a conference in Tokyo, were first reported by Bloomberg.

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SpaceX Hopes To Turn Around Reusable Rocket Stages In Only 24 Hours

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX is aiming for the ultimate in reusability, turning around its resuable rocket stages in as little as 24 hours, according to President Gwynne Shotwell. Shotwell said at a conference yesterday that the company is hoping to refly a rocket within 24 hours.

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SpaceX Soft Lands Falcon 9, Says Musk

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX successfully "soft landed" its Falcon 9 rocket last week, as part of the successful resupply mission to the International Space Station--the precursor to landing the Falcon 9 on land.

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SpaceX Eyes IPO

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm of technology mogul Elon Musk, is reportedly looking to add itself to the list of Southern California technology firms aiming at at IPO. According to Musk at a conference Tuesday, the firm is considering an IPO filing sometime next year.

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Transportation Weekly: Uber’s spending habits, Tesla Model Y, scooters and AVs in Austin

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After five days in Austin for SXSW, I headed to Los Angeles, actually Hawthorne, for Tesla’s Model Y unveiling. According to The Verge , scooters and bikes were out and about, enabling the hundreds of thousands of conference goers to get from one bar to the next — and from one session to the other. Well, a tornado of scooters.