SpaceX launch called ‘awesome,’ ‘monumental,’ ‘incredible’
Reaction to SpaceX’s launch of the most powerful rocket in operation today:
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« View from SpaceX Launch Control. Apparently there is a car in orbit around Earth. »— SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk via Twitter
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« Beautiful shots of Starman chilling in the Tesla Roadster. Absolutely incredible. » — SpaceX engineer and launch commentator Michael Hammersley
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« If people think we’re in a race with the Chinese, this is our secret weapon: the entrepreneurship of people like Elon (Musk) and others like Jeff Bezos. » — former Mars czar Scott Hubbard of Stanford University
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« It was awesome like a science fiction movie coming to reality. They nailed it. »— former NASA deputy administrator and MIT astronautics professor Dava Newman
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« It’s really a major step forward in space exploration… It is a test flight, the beginnings of the long road you have to do to qualify to put folks on board. » — former NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe
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« This is just a very monumental and very visual piece of evidence that shows how strong American industry is. »— former NASA chief technology officer Bobby Braun of University of Colorado
