Quiz #6
There is a quiet rule inside this company: the names fit a theme. The engines that power its main vehicle are primarily named after something from Star Wars and eventually birds of prey.
Then came another of its craft, and the founder broke from that theme. For years people had told its founder that they was reaching too far, that their ambitions would never get off the ground. So they named that machine after the make-believe creature in a gentle 1963 Peter, Paul, and Mary song, the kind a parent hums to a child at bedtime. This kept running down into the smallest parts: the Latin word for the very same beast; a word a generation of younger readers now knows better as the given name of a sneering schoolboy rival at a certain school of magic.
Question: Name the company.
Bonus points for:
1. Vehicle from Star Wars/bird of prey
2. Name of the song and the machine (same)
3. Name of the schoolboy and the component
SPOILER ALERT: ANSWER BELOW
Answer: Space X
Bonus Questions:
1. Falcon 1-9 (Or Merlin, Kestrel, Raptor; SpaceX engines are often named after the falcon family of birds.)
2. Dragon
3. Draco thruster