- CEO
Elon Musk saidSpaceX 's making Raptor rockets at a rate of about "one every 48 hours." - The Raptor rockets will power the Starship, expected to be the next moon landing.
- Musk on Friday again trolled Blue Origin,
Jeff Bezos 'space exploration company.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Saturday said his company had the capability to produce a Raptor rocket engine every 48 hours.
"Raptor production is approaching one every 48 hours," Musk $4 on Twitter.
The interplanetary transport engines, $4 in 2016 and capable of generating $4, are key to SpaceX's plans to help
The Raptor's $4 is expected to power SpaceX's Starship, which is set to be $4.
NASA in April chose SpaceX as $4 for the
SpaceX's Starship vehicle will be powered in its booster stage by 29 Raptor engines, Musk $4 in another tweet on Saturday. That will rise to "32 later this year, along with thrust increase per engine. Aiming for >7500 ton thrust long-term."
Musk's Twitter comment came after Tim Dodd, who runs the YouTube channel Everyday Astronaut, $4 whether the rocket production was in a "bit of a bottleneck."
Some in the industry and government $4 about SpaceX's prototypes $4 $4 $4 flights. Those concerns were echoed last week by Blue Origin on Twitter.
"The Human Landing System program needs competition, not the delay of starting over. The National Team has an open architecture, deep experience, massive self-funded investments and a safe, low-risk design to return to the Moon. Let's go," the company $4.
Musk on Friday replied to Blue Origin, which had a higher bid price for the Artemis contract than SpaceX.
"For the low, low price of ... ?" Musk $4 on Twitter.