Tagged: Spacex

Elon Musk, Before Paypal: The Interview You Haven’t Seen…

Elon Musk gives quite the interview today. As the founder of several multi-billion-dollar, revolutionary companies, he’s got a lot to say. It turns out that before Paypal, his first huge win, he had a lot to say as well. This previously buried clip of Elon Musk, gives us insight into the visionary, before his vision for Paypal was fully developed. We hear the full...

Elon Musk takes ALS ice bucket challenge

Elon Musk Takes Ice Bucket Challenge

Elon Musk took the ice bucket challenge after being nominated by Bill Gates, who was nominated by Mark Zuckerberg. He did build a custom contraption to dump water on his head, but it didn’t rival Gates’s welded masterpiece. Still, the video was very cute, with Elon’s five young sons dumping water on him by pulling strings to release colorful elevated buckets from a tree....

The Grasshopper Rocket in a sustained hover

This is Probably The Coolest Rocket Video In History

I watch too many Youtube videos. Of the 10,000+, maybe 1% is worth watching, and this video of a UFO-like hovering rocket by Elon Musk’s Spacex, set to the perfect song, “Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash. What’s So Cool About the grasshopper rocket? The Grasshopper is a reusable rocket. In this video, they test its’ landing features. The grasshopper can take off with...

hyperloop capsule rendering not a train

Hyperloop for Dummies (and non-engineers): How it Works

Is Elon Musk’s hyperloop system really revolutionary? We made a guide that makes it much easier to understand, so you can decide for yourself. What is Hyperloop? Hyperloop is a high speed capsule that is shot through a low-pressure tube using industrial air pumps. It’s incredibly cost-effective, incredibly fast (740 miles per hour), and incredibly efficient (100% solar powered). Why was Hyperloop Designed? Elon...