Elon Musk on Risky SpaceX Test: If It Works, It's the Biggest Thing We've Done

HAWTHORNE, California — If he can pull it off, it will be the most important thing SpaceX has accomplished to date, CEO Elon Musk tells Mashable.

At 5 p.m. on Thursday, less than 24 hours before launch, Musk is gearing up his team for a long night of last-minute tweaks and scrambles before Friday’s Falcon launch to the International Space Station

Musk has already made two of 12 slated cargo deliveries to the ISS as part of his $1.6 billion contract with NASA, and that is this launch’s primary goal. But Musk has been working behind the curtain to test out the reusability of this rocket. If things go as planned on Friday, he will attempt something he’s never tried before. Read more...