QUEBEC’S CREEPEX ASKED TO DEVELOP DEVICE FOR SPACEX

The co- founder of a small Quebec firm says he’s excited about being asked by Elon Musk’s SpaceX to design and develop creeper seats to help workers inspect Falcon 9 rockets. “They’ve asked us to develop something that would look cool and that of course would be efficient,” Erik Sieb of Creepex Inc. said in an interview. The Quebec City-based company is preparing to ship its specially designed under-rocket mobility seats that will allow engineers to work comfortably under the belly of the rockets. Creepex was approached about 18 months ago by a SpaceX engineer. It was asked by SpaceX to develop a device with a powered back rest that could recline to a flat position that also had places to hold tools. The new device will be able to operate higher off the ground than is typically used to work under a truck.