Man always had the urge to discover new things and today’s reality is that there is little left of the Earth to discover. Fortunately, outer space is infinite so we can redirect our common thirst for discovery to its unexplored borders. We’ve been to the moon and back, we’ve circled the planet’s orbit, we’ve sent satellites all over the galaxy, we’ve even figured out how the sun works. All we need to do now is find an easier and cheaper way to keep exploring.

Space X is a company that researches alternative ways to fire up a rocket and by doing so tries to reduce the cost of space exploration. Elon Musk, a former Internet entrepreneur, presently the chief executive of Space X, has invested $120 million of his own money in this project. This, of course, paid off and after three unsuccessful launches, the fuel effective rocket Falcon 1 managed to get into orbit carrying a load of 364 pounds. The successful launch raised the interest of the Pentagon and of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, further launch contracts being negotiated.

Elon Musk claims that the success of the Space X program once again places the U.S as the most competitive country in the world regarding space exploration. Space X is one of the two companies that the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is counting on to send government payloads into orbit, delivering cargo to the International Space Station.

A major challenge for Space X is sizing up their rockets in order to be able to deliver the necessary amount of cargo. Falcon 9 is a larger version of the Falcon 1 and is what Space X is currently working on. Space exploration is necessary in order to fully understand life and even our purpose as intelligent life forms, to be able to protect and understand our planet, thus ensuring our way of life. Let’s do it in style, with cost effective rockets and equipment!