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NASA wants Elon Musk's SpaceX to ensure its plan to launch its next-generation Starship rocket from Florida would not put at risk nearby launch infrastructure critical to the International Space Station, a senior space agency official told Reuters. The new hurdle further complicates and could potentially delay the launch plan for the rocket, which faces an already protracted regulatory review of its primary launch site in Texas. Musk wants to show customers that Starship, which he sees as humanity's path to Mars, can successfully reach orbit, a long-delayed pivotal milestone in the...

Nasa for so many years and definitely deserves this ride into space. >> kristen fisher, thanks so much. we should note, william shatner is on board. audrey powers was with nasa, 2,000 hours at mission control. being driven now to the launch site by jeff bezos. we should know blue origin, the company, tweeted, we are a go for number ns-18 astronaut load, noting this will be the 18th launch. the crew headed to the launch tower for final preparations and also their entry into that capsule. let's bring back chris hadfield,

>> reporter: they launched into history. the dreams of inspiration four's civilian space voyagers are now a reality. >> god speed. >> reporter: they suited up this afternoon and headed into their spacex crew dragon capsule. >> i'm ready to go. w member sian proctor. >> every day it gets better and better the. >> reporter: from the launch tower, high bof >> this is where the rocket launch is. this is where you get strapped in. >> reporter: the billionaire chartered the flight. the price tag? reportedly about $200 million. >> this is a first, that's significance, that's responsibility. >> report...

The launch site itself where they climb into the launch tower. i'm sorry, miles, for interrupting. continue, please. >> no, i just -- the point i was trying to make, anderson, there's been so much talk and controversy, whatever you want to say, about the billionaire race into space. but it's important to look at this in the broader context of making space cheaper, more accessible, more routine. there are all kinds of things that could come out of that that we probably can't even envision, and this component of space tourism for billionaires and millionaires, and then just sort of rich people m...

Advancing space travel and tourism for the average person? still expensive expected to come down in price. >> a lot less expensive than a orbital money. it is a lot of money. lots more people are going to fly in space which i think is really good and that's going to make a difference. if people who are company owners fly in space they'll get a different perspective. >> bill: spacex, elon musk's company. they're building a huge launch tower on the texas east coast to send their star ship into orbit. that is a rocket with more power than we watched today. how does it fight into the current traje...