Elon Musk said he was 'overcome with emotion' over SpaceX launch and the task of bringing astronauts home: 'I'm getting choked up, I'm sorry.'
"On Wednesday during the first countdown my adrenaline was railed at 100%, and when the launch was called off it went to 0%," Musk said. "I just basically collapsed and slept for the longest time I've slept in probably a year.""Oddly enough, today, I don't know, it felt like the fates were aligned and I didn't feel nervous," Musk said. "I felt like it was going to work.
Though weather forecasts were similar to Wednesday throughout Saturday morning, the clouds cleared about an hour before launch, making way for the Falcon 9 rocket to hurtle Behnken and Hurley into space.Hurley and Behnken say goodbye to their families and give distant "hugs," May 27, 2020.Behnken and Hurley each have a young son. Their wives are also astronauts, and they all waved goodbye before the men climbed into a Tesla to drive to the launchpad.
"The return is more dangerous in some ways than the ascent, so we don't want to declare victory yet," he said. Then he stuttered and went silent. Finally, he said, "I'm getting choked up, I'm sorry, I'm not sure I can answer the question." Elon Musk and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine greet NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ahead of Wednesday's launch attempt, May 27, 2020.
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