The mission's end likely brings SpaceX just weeks from a NASA certification of its Crew Dragon for regular flights of astronauts — and"We don't want to purchase, own, and operate the hardware the way we used to. We want to be one customer of many customers in a very robust commercial marketplace in low-Earth orbit," Jim Bridenstine, NASA's administrator, said duringHe added: "This is the next era in human spaceflight, where NASA gets to be the customer.
"To be totally frank, I doubted us, too. I thought we had maybe — when starting SpaceX — maybe had a 10% chance of reaching orbit. So to those who doubted us I was like, 'Well, I think you're probably right,'" Musk said. He added: "It took us took us four attempts just to get to orbit with Falcon 1 ... People told me this joke: How do you make a small fortune in the rocket industry? 'You start with a large one' is the punch line."
Musk said SpaceX "just barely made it there," adding, "So hey, I think those doubters were — their probability assessment was correct. But fortunately, fate has smiled upon us and brought us to this day."Send Dave Mosher an email at
So confused. “Next era” of space flight includes plucking people out of the ocean a la 1970?
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techinsider Now they have to wear masks again 😅
Congratulations. Great Job. Thank you. We own the Space.
Thats gotta be the worst photo of Elon. I'm sure he'd love that you used THIS photo. Lol
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