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There was a time in popular American culture when you would only hear references to recreational space travel in sci-fi television shows, and maybe the occasional Paul Harvey segment on AM radio. \u00a0But that was then and this is now. \u00a0Today space travel for the common man or woman is looking to be a very realistic possibility in the next few years. \u00a0With\u00a0entrepreneurs\u00a0like Paypal founder and engineer Elon Musk, and Virgin brand founder Richard Branson providing a healthy dose of competition, a variety of private companies are racing to be the first to offer commercial space flight at prices that people besides themselves can afford.<\/p>\n

Musk and his company SpaceX have moved the proverbial bar of commercial space flight one step closer to reality by testing the very\u00a0rocket engines it plans to use to help land their Dragon spacecraft. \u00a0They will also serve as the escape engines in the case of an emergency.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuperDraco engines represent the best of cutting-edge technology,\u201d company founder Elon Musk said in a statement. Musk believes the integrated rockets will improve the safety of its launch system over current and past vehicles as well as reduce the cost of flights. \u201cThese engines will power a revolutionary launch escape system that will make Dragon the safest spacecraft in history and enable it to land propulsively on Earth or another planet with pinpoint accuracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course this sort of technology goes well beyond commercial \u201cjoy-flights\u201d. \u00a0When private companies harness the power of technology to the point of being able to efficiently transport goods, services, and people from one planet to another, we will begin to see another\u00a0world of new economic, scientific, and recreational realities and opportunities.<\/p>\n

Musk and SpaceX\u00a0\u00a0successfully tested the SuperDraco engine this past week at their Rocket Development Facility in McGregor, Texas. \u00a0Stay tuned to Vroom for more updates in the area of commercial space flight as they come in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One small test for SpaceX, one giant leap towards commercial space travel\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-2376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-auto-news","tag-featured","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"\nSpaceX Tests Next Gen Rockets for Commercial Space Flights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SpaceX Elon Musk SuperDraco Galactic Branson Virgin Commercial Space Flight Test Scottsdale Phoenix Arizona Valley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/spacex-tests-next-gen-rockets-for-commercial-space-flights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SpaceX Tests Next Gen Rockets for Commercial Space Flights\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SpaceX Elon Musk SuperDraco Galactic Branson Virgin Commercial Space Flight Test Scottsdale Phoenix Arizona Valley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/spacex-tests-next-gen-rockets-for-commercial-space-flights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arizona Auto News - 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