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Why SpaceX and Elon Musk Are the Right Stuff

Why SpaceX and Elon Musk Are the Right Stuff
A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Crew Dragon capsule, lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on May 30, 2020. David J. Phillip/AP Photo
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When was the last time you felt truly inspired? When you felt an excitement so palpable, you could feel it deep in your gut? For me, that day was the beautiful and hopeful Saturday afternoon of May 30 as I watched SpaceX carry U.S. astronauts into orbit for the first time in nearly a decade.

Jacqueline Havelka
Jacqueline Havelka
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Jacqueline Havelka is a rocket-scientist-turned-writer and the founder of Inform Scientific.
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