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The post shared by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has given people a wonderful chance to witness the stars and galaxies in a better way.
Who drove in from florida. >> she went to see a rocket launch and my son and i are space nut, and we love to see what elon musk is doing to bring the whole space experience to the public. >> reporter: do you think it is going to happen? is this going to open the door one day? >> absolutely. absolutely. the inspiration for a launch is the tip of the iceberg, and this is what we are looking for. and something like this is going to bring humanity together.
While there is no pilot on board, it might seem disquieting at first, but it actually is safer. >> yeah, you know, at first blush, i thought i might not want to be in an autonomous vehicle. as you look at safety considerations, 75% of problems with aircraft are due to pilot, to pilot error. so it certainly seems to be safer. can you talk also, miles, just a little bit about the experience they are going to have, that three minutes of weightlessness, what they're going to be seeing out the window? they will see the curvature of the earth as adam was pointing out, but they will also see the blac...
A amok. the problems aren't up there, they're down here. use the money for that. >> we can do both, right? we can take care of problems down here but also use this space experience to help solve those problems that we have on earth. that's what we have been doing for decades, so i don't know what he is different. i guess the only thing that's different about this is it's a private sector trying to build these crafts that are going to be taking tourists everywhere. i think it's a great thing because, one, it helps the economy, and i guess one way we can really tax our rich. >> that's an interes...