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From launchpad explosions to a pernicious cricket infestation to the demanding management style of Musk himself, the rise of SpaceX was beset with challenges and far from inevitable. Find out how the startup beat the odds and flew high enough to outpace their rivals... and where they're going next.

Os grandes mistérios e maravilhas do céu noturno sempre nos fascinaram, intrigaram e divertiram, desde os primeiros passos na Terra. Hoje, continuamos nos esforçando para entender o nosso lugar no cosmos. O século 20 foi palco de importantes e assombrosas descobertas sobre o nosso próprio planeta, o sistema solar, as estrelas e as galáxias. Contudo, ainda buscamos respostas para inúmeras questões, e essa busca nos proporciona uma valiosa compreensão da vastidão e das infinitas possibilidades do espaço universal que ainda estamos por descobrir.

Mondphasen, Sternbilder oder Planetentreffen – das Himmelsjahr hält so einiges für uns bereit. Doch die spektakulärsten Himmelsphänomene sind die, die wir nicht sehen können. Zum Beispiel die etwa 40 Milliarden potenziell bewohnbaren Exoplaneten in unserer Milchstraße oder die mysteriöse Dunkle Materie, aus der der Großteil unseres Universums zu bestehen scheint. Die Astronomin Ruth Grützbauch, Mitglied der Science Busters, hat einen vollkommen anderen Führer durch das Himmelsjahr geschrieben

Scientists tell us that ninety-six percent of the universe is unexplained dark matter and dark energy. Also, they admit that no unifying “theory of everything” exists in physics. This shaky foundation is the basis of modern thinking about the cosmos and Earth’s place in it. Something big seems to be missing. Thus, we’re left with no choice but to question the “consensus” cosmological model. Are we really flying through space on a spinning ball within an expanding universe, while free-falling around the Sun—all as a consequence of a “Big Bang” that supposedly occurred 13.8 billion years ago?