applies. the launch costs for ari and $6.00 had to be brought down dramatically by at least 40 percent which is no mean feat. that s why they re relying on synergies . new boosters have been developed and tested they give the shuttle the thrust it needs during takeoff and they will likely be used for europe smaller fake or rocket to swallow. this means they can produce more units which reduces production costs. the operators expect the biggest savings to come from the new production methods like the protective insulation on the upper section. plates used to be glued to the outside of the market by hand a time consuming process. 6 and for the 1st time these components sprayed on by her bot. to mimic like
flights at lower coast. phil keating works on the space coast. quite a celebration there. people can use some cheers. oh, my gosh. that was like winning the super bowl, they were so excited. it was historic and unprecedented and being compared to kitty hawk. reusing the first stage booster rocket, which carries all the main engines and most of the fuel, will reduce the launch costs by 30%. so for a $60 million like last night, that would drop the price to $40 million. this rocket was used last year when it sent a cargo ship to the space station. fell back to effort, landed on the drone ship and got re used.
gen. ceo elon musk says this return rocket is pretty special, so they re not going to launch it again. but in order for their business model to work, they ll need to turn around these rockets really quickly. they need to know how much refurbishment they re going to do and how long that will take. you brought up an interesting point. you re talking about the business model. is there a chance that this technology could actually translate to a human beings being able to travel up to space? if we bring down the launch costs, a ticket to space isn t going to be $60 or $80 million, like it could be. space tourism could be very much in sight with reusable rockets. and coming closer every time they do another launch. changing topics here to the science behind star wars, specifically. this star killer, which is a weapon used to drain stars. is there a real-life equivalent to this? yes. the only thing we could really compare it to is black holes. black holes can destroy stars, similarl
a live webcast from the company s california headquarters captured it all. its main mission to create re-useable rockets to save on launch costs and make space more widely accessible. it is the brain child of elan musk, the billionaire mogul, also behind tesla. this successful landing comes six months after a failed attempt in june with a massive explosion. shortly after launch, the rocket on its way to deliver supplies to the space station disintegrated. last night, redemption and triumph with elan musk tweeting, welcome back, baby. nasa weighed in too, tweeting, congratulations spacex on your successful vertical landing of the first stage back on earth. just imagine the brain power, the engineering power it took to make this happen. several companies are competing for a piece of the pie to resupply the space station and eventually carry astronauts to the station and beyond. competitor jeff bezos, the ceo of amazon, he achieved a similar
it s really very cool, actually. tune in to cnn tonight, live coverage of the dinner beginning at 9:30 eastern. a night leon panetta called nerve racking, when osama bin laden was killed. in the year since his death the nation is better off, he says. they said that they had kia with geronimo and confirmed it happened, that was the moment when we knew that all of the work that had been done was paying off. i think the one thing all of us feel good about that were involved in this operation is that as a result of what we did, america is safer. but even without bin laden as leader, the threat of al qaeda still remains, saying there is no silver bullet to destroy the terror network. ramping up the attacks, mitt romney is moving ahead after another big week in the republican race but president obama has a few things to say as well. we ll break down the political week, next. does aspirin even work on my headache? aspirin for pain? aspirin is just old school. people will h