Google Invests $1 Billion in Space Travel

Together with Fidelity Investments, Google is investing £1 Billion in SpaceX.

Image via NASA

Elon Musk's space company, SpaceX, yesterday received a $1 Billion (£659m) investment from the financial corporation Fidelity Investments and Google. The two corporations will together own 10% of SpaceX, valuing the company at $10 Billion.

Last week, SpaceX attempted to land an unmanned rocket on a boat but the 'Falcon 9' came in too fast and was destroyed. It comes a few months after SpaceShipTwo from competitor Virgin Galactic crashed into the Mojave Desert, killing one pilot.

SpaceX sent out this vine of the rocket's crash

Which is mentaaaal. (No-one was hurt in the making of this AWESOME EXPLOSION).

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