Elon Musk's biggest worry with SpaceX's first human mission is reentry - Business Insider

CAPE CANAVERAL — SpaceX is poised to rocket its first people into space on Saturday, resurrecting human spaceflight in America after a nine-year hiatus in NASA astronaut launches.

The launch, scheduled for 3:22 p.m. ET, is not without risk. NASA has estimated a 1-in-276 chance of losing the crew, but it's not the part of the mission that most worries SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Musk added that while the threat was low, his "biggest concern" about the new spaceship was the capsule's asymmetric design, which is driven by its emergency escape system. While screaming back to Earth at 25 times the speed of sound, the capsule's heat shield will deflect and absorb the energy of superheated plasma — but the forces of atmospheric reentry have a slim chance of causing catastrophe.

There’s still time for everyone to buy a gorilla suit and learn to ride a horse before the astronauts return🤣

🤣🤣 I think Facebook pay this article.

Amazing launch

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Well, if I were an astronaut, I'd look at the ratings on his cars. Now then, time for them to be worried.

Fingers crossed 🤞

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