A Merlin rocket engine being built at the SpaceX Rocket Factory in Hawthorne, CA.

I’ve talked a bit about SpaceX. They are a new player in the space biz. Space is currently dominated by Russia, the US, China and the ESA. SpaceX is looking to change that. They are designing, building and launching their own rockets to the ISS and into low earth orbit. It’s not new, we talked about Orbital Sciences yesterday, but it is unique in scope.

New, however, has ties to old. SpaceX has some very interesting ties.
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