It is the business of industry to boost its speed. Build the rockets cheaper, launch the vehicles faster, and recover them better. Nevertheless, speed comes at a price, the faster you travel the more difficult it is to stop and the steeper the cost. In only two years SpaceX has …
The Story of the Soyuz : From Rocky to Reliable
On April 23, 1967, the Soviet space program launched the first manned Soyuz mission of what would turn out to be the most reliable vehicle to deliver humans to and from low Earth orbit. This vehicle would prove so reliable, in fact, that it is still used today and is …