President Donald Trump wants to make America great again in space. And a major step on that journey begins Wednesday with the launch of American astronauts aboard a rocket and space capsule built by Elon Musk's SpaceX
"Nobody else has grasped it the way this president has," Walker said. "This president has made it part of his legacy. This president has put an emphasis on it. He has now put money behind that emphasis and he has created an excitement about space again we haven't felt for a number of decades.", the same site where the Apollo 11 astronauts lifted off on their way to the moon in 1969.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has also repeatedly asked the public not to descend on Florida's space coast to avoid throngs of spectators on nearby beaches. In the past it funded, owned and operated its own rockets and shuttles. This time both the agency and the industry will fund the privately owned spacecraft, and NASA will buy rides aboard vehicles that also moonlight as transports-for-hire for a growing space economy.
The launch, which is also aboard SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 rocket, is seen as a major milestone for ventures such as private space stations or human travel to the lunar surface.said on Tuesday.Such partnerships between NASA and commercial companies are seen as a crucial way the agency, which is hustling to meet Trump’s demands for a moon landing in 2024, plans to stretch its dollars in the decades ahead.
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