My comment: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense dismissed the report. So
there is no way for me to know where the truth lies. Two thousand km is a bit more than 1,200 miles.
-------------------Separately
Kenneth Chang, Private Rocket's First Flight Is a Success. New York Times,
June 5, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/science/space/05rocket.html?scp=2&sq=musk&st=cse
Excerpt in the window of the print: A boon for supporters of President Obama
's space plan.
My comment: Elon Musk, SpaceX’s founder and chief executive, is also CEO of
Tesla Motors which makes electric cars Roadsters.