NASA says SpaceX launch is about hope, commerce, the moon, Mars — and China
by Jerry Dunleavy | May 30, 2020 01:14 PM
NASA says the manned SpaceX launch is a step toward going back to the moon and getting to Mars. It’s also tied to U.S. national security as China challenges American dominance in space.
James Morhard, the deputy administrator of NASA since 2018, told the Washington Examiner that the launch scheduled for Saturday, after the first attempt was scrubbed earlier in the week due to stormy Florida weather at Cape Canaveral, is about “leading the beginning of a space revolution — and who leads in space will lead the world.”
Morhard said finally being able to again use American rockets to get astronauts to the International Space Station and beyond “is about having unfettered access to space” as he pointed out that “we have had to rely on the Russians — it’s been nine years since we’ve had a certified American rocket to carry our astronauts.” Ever since the space shuttle program shut down in 2011, the United States has had to hitch a ride on Russian soyuz rockets.
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are scheduled to take off from the Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 3:22 p.m. EST on Saturday and dock with the International Space Station orbiting the Earth roughly 250 miles above the planet surface. The NASA astronauts will carry out their test mission aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft powered by Falcon 9 rockets.
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“We are once again launching American astronauts on American rockets from American soil. And this is a big moment in time,” Bridenstine said. “Unfortunately, we’re in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Our country has been through a lot, but this is a unique moment where all of America can take a moment and look at our country do something stunning again.”
Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, said Wednesday that the launch was “one of those things that I think everyone, from all walks of life, from all spots of the political spectrum, in the United States and elsewhere, should be really excited that this is a thing made by humans for humans.”
“It’s our intent first to inspire the next generation, and it’s these stunning achievements that is going to do that,” Morhard said. “But it’s also to instill hope. You know, there’s a lot of suffering going on right now in the United States as well as the world, and we certainly hope that this will instill that hope for people that need it. And the third part of it is to unite the United States again … as well as the world."
Morhard praised Bridenstine for helping get NASA to this point and said President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence deserve a lot of credit.
“This really starts with President Trump and Vice President Pence and their leadership,” Morhard said. “I know that a previous administration got this going, but we wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for the president and vice president. They have lit a fire under NASA to get to the moon and to get to Mars.”
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