SpaceX, founded by billionaire Elon Musk, has made the trip to the ISS a dozen times before since 2012, but only to refuel the station. Transporting people is a more complex task, requiring seats, a pressurized cabin with breathable air, temperature regulation and emergency infrastructure.
The switch from NASA owning spacecraft to paying private firms for a service was initiated under former president Barack Obama, but due to development delays, has come to fruition under US President Donald Trump. Since 2017, NASA’s official mission has been to return to the Moon, a project awarded $21.5 billion by Congress in the 2019 budget. Jim Bridenstine, head of the US space agency, has explained NASA wants to reduce costs in low orbit to devote resources to getting back to the Moon and constructing a small space station in lunar orbit in the 2020s.
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