Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Liftoff! SpaceX Gets $1 Billion From Google and Fidelity





 Image: SpaceX Dragon


Excerpt from 
nbcnews.com



“Space

Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has raised a billion dollars in a

financing round with two new investors, Google and Fidelity. They join

existing investors Founders Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Valor Equity

Partners and Capricorn. Google and Fidelity will collectively own just

under 10 percent of the company.



“SpaceX designs, manufactures,

and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. This

funding will be used to support continued innovation in the areas of

space transport, reusability, and satellite manufacturing.”




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