Author Topic: SpaceX at 50 - From taming Falcon 1 to achieving cadence in Falcon 9 (Read 2845 times)

Chris Bergin · « **on:** 12/20/2017 06:44 pm »

FEATURE ARTICLE - by William Graham:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/12/spacex-50-taming-falcon-1-achieving-cadence-falcon-9/

The first article to use the new news site upgrades! (4,000 words, *two page* article. Remember to Click "2" at the end of page 1!)

octavo · « **Reply #1 on:** 12/20/2017 07:53 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 12/20/2017 06:44 pm

FEATURE ARTICLE - by William Graham:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/12/spacex-50-taming-falcon-1-achieving-cadence-falcon-9/

The first article to use the new news site upgrades! (4,000 words, *two page* article. Remember to Click "2" at the end of page 1!)

Looks amazing on mobile. Very clean look. I really like it. Well done to the team who worked on it!

AndyX · « **Reply #2 on:** 12/20/2017 08:54 pm »

Great read. Lest we forget Falcon 1! I wasn't around then, but that shows how far they have come.

wardy89 · « **Reply #3 on:** 12/20/2017 08:58 pm »

a good revamp! nice being able to have videos embedded in the articles.

The article is a really nice overview of SpaceX's history without getting into to much detail, very readable.

Andy DC · « **Reply #4 on:** 12/20/2017 10:01 pm »

This would have been a great article on the old site, but the new site lends to it so much too! Great work William And great work NSF for bringing more resources into it. Just watched the Falcon 1 Flight 4 video as I was reading the article!

Oersted · « **Reply #5 on:** 12/20/2017 10:45 pm »

Absolutely top notch article and great page design too, kudos!

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #6 on:** 12/20/2017 10:51 pm »

Yes, very good article I really enjoyed reading. Nice to see it fully up to date with a FH picture from today! The new larger images possible with the site redesign greatly enhance it.

MattMason · « **Reply #7 on:** 12/20/2017 11:51 pm »

Great article, and the new site design and logo looks excellent. Thanks to all on the NSF staff for the hard work.

Dave G · « **Reply #8 on:** 12/20/2017 11:54 pm »

Great article.

It was also nice seeing that old video of Max Vozoff when he was still at SpaceX.

By the way, there's a really good interview with Max Vozoff on "The Space Show" where he talks about the early days of SpaceX. It includes some nitty gritty descriptions about the internal workings of the company. Not the kind of stuff you would hear from Elon or Gwynne. The audio interview is available here:
http://www.thespaceshow.com/show/04-mar-2011/broadcast-1522-special-edition
The interview starts around 5:30 into the audio.