SpaceX rocketed its first spaceship for NASA astronauts into orbit on Saturday. Elon Musk, the company's founder, said he's willing to climb aboard.
The bigger-picture goal, Bridenstine added, is to treat the agency and the US itself as"one of many customers in a robust, commercial marketplace in"It's been 17 years — we still haven't launched anyone yet — but hopefully we will later this year," Musk said, referencing his company's founding in 2002."That would definitely be the culmination of a long dream for me and a lot of other people at SpaceX.
Musk added that a"crazy amount of hard work from a lot of smart people at SpaceX" has gone into making Crew Dragon, along what he described as"a lot of help from NASA." Musk was seated on the dais with Bridenstine and other NASA employees, including veteran astronauts and test pilots Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley. If Demo-1 succeeds, the two men are slated to fly Crew Dragon for the first time as soon as July on a mission called Demo-2 .Business Insider asked Musk how he plans to handle that launch if he found this one stressful.
"They were like, 'How do you feel about flying on it?'" Musk said the astronauts asked him. They then all agreed they felt good, pending the completion of the mission. He added:"Maybe there's something beyond the space station, but we'll see. We've got to focus on getting this right, for sure. That's the priority. But then, after that, maybe something beyond low-Earth orbit."NASA's first moon landings in nearly 50 years may happen in 2019. The agency thinks these 9 companies can get it to the lunar surface.
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