CNN. IN ASSOCIATION WITH TURKISH AIR YOUR LINES >> WE GET T MINUS FIVE MINUTES AND CHANGE OUR TOP STORY THE LAUNCH THAT SHOULD HAPPEN MOMENTS FROM NOW IN TEXAS, LET'S GET YOU BACK TO FORMER ASTROWORLD LEROY CHIAO, DRAMA ADDRFINLAND. THAT'S ALWAYS TOP OF ANYBODY'S MIND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT A ROCKET LAUNCH. THIS AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS THE BIGGEST, STRONGEST AND MOST POWERFUL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE IN THE WORLD. >> WHAT DO YOU >> UNDERSTAND TO BE THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF TODAY'S LAUNCH >> WELL, YES, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE BIGGEST AND MOST POWERFUL VEHICLE EVER DEVISED. AND JUST THIS TIME THE THIRD FLIGHT TEST, I MEAN, WE'VE MADE GREAT STRIDES THAT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE IT BUT IF WE HAD ON THE FIRST AND SECOND LAUNCH ATTEMPTS AND THIS WILL BE THE THIRD ONE I EXPECT THIS ONE TO GO PRETTY WELL IF BECAUSE THEY'VE LEARNED A LOT OF LESSONS, THIS WILL BE A DISRUPTIVE THING BECAUSE, BECAUSE IT'S FULLY REUSABLE, BOTH THE BOOSTER AND THE STARSHIP VEHICLE THAT WILL DRAMATICALLY BRING DOWN THE PRICE OF LAUNCHING THINGS INTO ORBIT. AND BEYOND BY QUITE A LARGE FACTOR, MORE SO THAN I THINK THE LAY PUBLIC REALIZES. AND THAT'S GONNA BE A GAME CHANGER FROM LAUNCHING SATELLITES TO HAVING THE BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BUILD COLONIES ON THE MOON, OR EVEN SOME KIND OF BASIS AND THEN GOING ON TO MARS, OF COURSE, ELON MUSK IS FAMOUSLY SAID, HE STARTED STARTED SPACEX BECAUSE HE WANTS TO PUT COLONIES ON MARS. HE HIMSELF WANTS TO LIVE ON MARS. AND SO THIS IS A BIG STEP TOWARDS THAT GOAL >> CHRIS HAVE BILLS JOINING US, LEEWAY, OF COURSE IS THE FORMER COMMANDER OF THE ISS IT'LL MUSK WANTS TO LIVE ON MARS. WOULD YOU GO SO GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY WELL, I MEAN, YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN YOUR LIFE? WHAT DO YOU THINK IS WORTHWHILE? WHAT ADVENTURES APPEAL TO EACH OF US INDIVIDUALLY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HELLO, OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT LOGGED WANT TO, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN ANTARCTICA. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, 100 PEOPLE LIVE AT THE SOUTH POLE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LIVE WAY IN THE HIGH ARCTIC AND ALL, ALL REGIONS OF THE EARTH. AND SO THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME OF US THAT WANT TO BE IN THE EDGE OF EXPLORATION AND SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND PUSH THE EDGE OF THE HUMAN AN EXPERIENCE AND LEROY AND MYSELF AS ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE STATION COMMANDERS, WERE OBVIOUSLY TO SOME DEGREE PART OF THAT GROUP. AND TO ME IT'S IT'S EXCITED ME YET SINCE I WAS VERY YOUNG AND SO MANY PEOPLE TALK SO >> ROMANTICALLY ABOUT SPACE AS YOU WATCH THESE IMAGES, WHERE TWO MINUTES AND CHANGE BEFORE THE SCHEDULES LAUNCH OF WHAT IS THIS MEGA ROCKET? JUST WALK US THROUGH YOUR MEMORIES OF YOUR TIME I'M IN SPACE. IF YOU WILL, CHRIS >> SURE. BUT I WAS A TEST PILOT BEFORE THAT AND THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT. AND I TESTED LOTS OF DIFFERENT AIRPLANES AND NEW ENGINES AND ALL. AND SO THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF EXCITEMENT IN PREPARATION WHETHER IT'S TESTING A NEW AIRCRAFT OR FLIGHT TAKING A SPACESHIP OR A ROCKET SHIP. BUT WHAT YOU ARE MOSTLY IS FOCUSED, YOU ARE AS FOCUSED AS A HUMAN BEING COULD BE ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT MIGHT GO WRONG AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO REACT TO THEM. AND THIS IS ONLY THE THIRD TIME THIS SHIP HAS EVER FLOWN. SO THERE'S STILL A HUGE NUMBER OF UNKNOWNS. BUT YES, WE'RE A MINUTE NOW. HATHAWAY, HOPEFULLY THE WINDOW STAYS KNOW ENOUGH. I'M PRETTY EXCITED FOR ALL THE TEAM AT SPACEX ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED ON THIS ROCKET FOR YEARS AND HOPE IT GETS FURTHER THAN WE'VE EVER BEEN BEFORE. >> I THINK I'M JUST GOING TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT, KEEP ME BOTH WITH ME. I WANT YOU BOTH TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THIS LAUNCH AS WELL. WE'LL JUST KEEP THESE PICTURES UP FOR THE TIME BEING AND WE HAVE JUST BEEN LOOKING AT THOSE STAFF WHO AREN'T CLEARLY INVOLVED IN THIS LAUNCH VERY CONFIDENT IT SEEMS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WITH SOME, WHAT 45 SECONDS TO GO. NOW AND COUNTING LET'S LISTEN IN JUDY 42nd HOLDERS. GO CHARGE FOR TYING HUNTINGTON AND TELLING THE TEAM WE ARE GO FOR 20 SECONDS TO GO LET'S LISTEN MINUS TEN 30 SECONDS >> INTO FLIGHT. WE ARE FEELING THE RUFFLE WE ARE NG 33 AT A 33 RAPTOR ENGINES IGNITED ON THE SUPER HEAVY BOOSTER. >> EXTERNSHIP AVIONICS POWER UNTIL AMATEUR NOMINAL ACQUISITION OF THE SINGLE CORPUS CHRISTI >> CONTINUING TO GET GOOD CALL-OUTS. OUR TRAJECTORY LOOKING NOMINAL SYSTEMS, LOOKING NOMINAL, JUST AMAZING TO SEE ALL 33 LIT UP ONCE AGAIN THIS POINT, WE'VE ALREADY PASSED THROUGH, BEEN EXCUSED THAT MAXIMUM DYNAMIC PRESSURE PASSING SUPERSONICS. SO WE'RE NOW MOVING FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF SOUND GETTING THOSE ONBOARD VIEWS FROM THE SHIP CAMERAS NOW THAT THE NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE IS GOING TO BE A HOT STAGING MANEUVER AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT JUST ABOUT 90 SECONDS TO DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO SHUT DOWN ALL THAT THE THREE CENTER RAFTER ENGINES ON SUPER HEAVY THAT'LL BE OUR MIKA ARE MOST ENGINE'S CUT OFF. AND THEN THE CLAMPS HOLDING THE TWO STAGES TOGETHER ARE GOING TO RELEASE STARSHIP. SECOND STAGE WILL IGNITE ITS ENGINES. THAT ARE VAX FIRST THE SEA LEVELS RIGHT AFTER THAT, THE SEA LEVEL ENGINES WILL BE SPLAYED ARE JUST KINDA POINTED OUT AT ABOUT 15 DEGREE ANGLE SO IF YOU LOOK CLOSER, WE GET GOOD TRACKING. >> YOU >> MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE CENTER RIGHT AFTER AND SO THOSE SIX ENGINES WILL PUSH STARSHIP OFF OF THE BOOSTER ALL RIGHT, COUNTING DOWN NOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING UP RIGHT AT AROUND THE THREE-MINUTE MARK ON THAT HOT STAGING MANEUVER AGAIN, WE'LL SEE THE BOOSTER ENGINES START TO SHUT DOWN. YOU'LL SEE ALL BUT THREE LIGHTS GO OUT IN THE MIDDLE THE ENGINES IGNITE ODD SHIP PUSHING IT AWAY. AND THAT WILL START CARRYING THE SHIP INTO SPACE. BOOSTER WILL START TO DO IT'S FLIPPED, BUT THAT MOVE IN ON THE BOOST BACK BURN, SETTING IT UP, SPLASHDOWN AND THE GULF OF MEXICO FLIPPER S STAGING CONFIRMED BOOSTERS NOW, MAKING ITS WAY BACK SCENES SIX ENGINES IGNITED ON THE SHIP WE GOT TO STARSHIP ON ITS WAY TO SPACE AND A BOOSTER ON THE WAY BACK TO THE GULF >> MAN HE A MOMENT TO PICK MY FROM THE FLOOR BECAUSE THESE VIEWS ARE JUST STUNNING. THESE ARE LIVE VIEWS FROM STARSHIP. FIRST STAGE IS CURRENTLY PERFORMING ALL RIGHT. IN TELEMETRY NOMINAL. >> GOOD. THEIR NEWS INFORMING US THAT THE SECOND STAGE OR THE SHIP, EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD NOMINAL THEIR FIRST STAGE IS CURRENTLY PERFORMING THE BOOST BACK BURN, EXPECTING THAT TO LAST ABOUT ONE MINUTE, THAT MOVES BACK BURNER NOMINAL. THAT RESPECT BURN PROPELS THE BOOSTER BACK TOWARDS THE COAST, TAKING IT TO A LANDING IN THE WATERS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO WE'RE ONLY USING THE SUPER HEAVY BOOSTER IS 13 CENTER ENGINES FROM HERE ON OUT WHENEVER, THEY REALIZE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT IN THE LEFT BOTTOM CORNER THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT CAN GIMBAL. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY MOVE AND CHANGE DIRECTION IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE THRUST IT TO STEER THE FIRST AGE BACK TO EARTH WHILE THESE ARE JUST INCREDIBLE VIEWS COMING TO US EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD FOR BOTH THE FIRST STAGE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, OR THE SUPER HEAVY BOOSTER AS WELL AS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN THAT IS STARSHIP WHERE WE ALSO REFER TO THAT AS THE SHIP THE BOOST BACK BURN WAS THE FIRST OF TWO BURNS REQUIRED TO RETURN IT TO EARTH THE NEXT ONE IT WILL BE THE LANDING BURN WHERE ALL 13 CENTER ENGINES WILL INITIALLY IGNITE AND THEN TRANSITION INTO A THREE ENGINE BURN TO HELP SLOW IT DOWN. I'M JUST AS A REMINDER OF THE STAGE ONE TEST OBJECTIVES WERE LOOKING FOR CONTROLLED ASCENT, WHICH WE HAVE SO FAR STAGE SEPARATION, WHICH GORGEOUS, WE CRUISE RIGHT THROUGH IT AS WELL AS THE NOMINAL TRAJECTORY GOOD NEWS, THEY'RE TELLING US THAT THE PATH THAT STARSHIP IS ON IS GOOD. NOW STARSHIP SECOND STAGE IS STILL FIRING ITS ENGINES. AND AS YOU HEARD, FOLLOWING PLANNED FLIGHT PATH THE SHIP OBJECTIVES WERE LOOKING FOR HOT STAGING. AGAIN, CRUISE RIGHT THROUGH THAT. WE'RE LOOKING TO DEMONSTRATE CONTROLLED INSERTION RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN SHOWS THE SHIP ENGINE GRAPHICS. SO BE SURE TO KEEP AN EYE ON. DOES YEAH, KATE, LIKE THIS IS JUST A PHENOMENAL TEST SO FAR, SUPER HEAVY IS PERFORMING BEAUTIFULLY TODAY. IT'S ON ITS RETURN LEG OF THE JOURNEY SHIP CONTINUING TO BURN, IT'S SIX ENGINES, THOSE LARGER CIRCLES, THE RAPTOR VACUUM ENGINES, THE INNER CIRCLES THE RAPTORS, SEA LEVEL ENGINES WE'RE ABOUT 30 SECONDS AWAY EXCUSE ME THE LANDING ON THE BOOSTER YOU CAN SEE THAT GRIFFIN'S ROTATE GUIDING BACK TOWARDS OUR SPLASH DOWN SITE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING FOR A HARD FOR A SPLASHDOWN A SOFT SPLASHDOWN SO FOR LANDING BURN, WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT TO SEE THAT 13 CENTER ENGINES LIGHT RAPIDLY, BRING DOWN THE BOOSTERS VELOCITY THEN JUST THE THREE IN THE CENTER AGAIN YOU AND JENN AN ACQUISITION OF STATE HE GETS SOME OTHER VIDEO OF THAT. NOW THIS IS A TEST OBJECTIVE TODAY, IT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO LEARN AND TO MAKE IT THAT FAR TO DEMONSTRATE THE CONTROLLED RE-ENTRY UP TO THAT POINT IS PRETTY DARN GOOD. SHIP CONTINUING TO LOOK NOMINAL WITH EATS A SCENT BURN. THIS BURN A LASTING ABOUT SIX MINUTES TOTAL AND WE'RE EXPECTING THAT THIS BURN WILL END JUST AFTER T PLUS EIGHT MINUTES, ABOUT A MINUTE FROM NOW. SO FAR THOUGH, I MEAN CONGRATS TO THE TEAM MAKING IT THIS FAR IS FARTHER THAT WE THAT WE'VE GONE EPSILON FLIGHT TO JUST WONDERFUL VIEWS AND GREAT ENGINE PERFORMANCE FROM THE WELL, WE'VE HEARD IT FROM >> THOSE INVOLVED CONGRATS TO THAT TEAM FOR ACHIEVING WHAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED TODAY. LET'S EXPLAIN WHAT EXACTLY THAT IS. I'VE, GOT CHRIS AND LEROY, BOTH EXPERTS, ASTRONAUTS THEMSELVES. GENTLEMEN, CHRIS, LET ME START WITH YOU. WHAT HAVE WE JUST WITNESSED? >> WE WITNESS GETTING STARSHIP FURTHER INTO SPACE THAN EVER HAPPENED BEFORE. THEY GOT A CLEAN SEPARATION. THE FIRST STAGE CAME BACK AND CAME DOWN THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE, LOOKS LIKE MAYBE AS IT WAS GETTING DOWN INTO THE THICK AIR, IT MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME CONTROL PROBLEMS. BUT THE ACTUAL SPACE SHIP ITSELF, THE SHIP IS CONTINUING HERE TO ACCELERATE IT'S ALREADY ALMOST AT ORBITAL SPEED OF 28,000 KILOMETERS AN HOUR. AND THAT ENGINES CONTINUING TO WORK, THEY'VE JUST SHUT DOWN THOSE ENGINES SO I MEAN, THIS IS A HUGE STEP FORWARDS IN UNDERSTANDING HOW THEIR SHIP WORKS. A VERY SUCCESSFUL THIRD TEST FLIGHT WE AS A PUNTERS, IT'S VERY BRITISH WERE BUT WE AS CONSUMERS >> THOSE WHO HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SPACE OF JUST WITNESSED LEROY SOME INCREDIBLE FOOTAGE AS WE EXPLAIN THE ENORMITY, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT IS THIS TEST FLIGHT. THE IMAGES THAT WE'VE SEEN WILL BE FRIENDLY, FAMILIAR TO YOU TOO. BUT AGAIN, YOU JUST EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN HERE. LOOK, THIS IS JUST THIS IS BEAUTIFUL >> OH, ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. AND AS I HAD A FEELING, EVERYTHING WENT REALLY, REALLY WELL TODAY. WE SAW ON THE SUPER HEAVY BOOSTER PERFORMED FLAWLESSLY, GOT UP THE STARSHIP, SEPARATED AWAY PERFECTLY AND STARTED RETURNED. AS WAS MENTIONED, IT LOOKS LIKE CHRIS SAID, AS AND I AGREE IT LOOKS LIKE AT THE END THERE MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME CONTROL PROBLEMS BUT YOU'RE GOING TO EXPECT A FEW LITTLE GLITCHES. THE BIG THING IS THEY GOT ITS PAYLOAD ON ITS WAY. IT CAME BACK MOST OF THE WAY BACK AND THEY'RE GOING TO WORK THAT PART OUT. STARSHIP ON THE OTHER HAND, IS IT LOOKS LIKE A GOTTEN INTO NEAR ORBIT PERFECTLY. IT'S SECOND TO DO A COMPLETE ORBIT. IT'S GOING TO SPLASH DOWN SOMEWHERE NEAR MADAGASCAR, BUT EVERYTHING LOOKS TO BE GOING PERFECTLY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME ORBIT OPERATIONS, INCLUDING OPENING UP PAYLOAD BAYS, DOING A FUEL TRANSFER, OTHER PROVING AND DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNOLOGIES. BUT TODAY, VERY EXCITING DAY. AND AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, THIS IS A BIG DISRUPTER FOR SURE >> YEAH. I'M CHRIS. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPORTANCE TO NATAS AT NASA'S ARTEMIS A PROJECT. CAN YOU JUST PUT THAT INTO CONTEXT HERE WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY THAT MAKES AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE TO THE POTENTIAL SUCCESS OF NASSAR'S PROJECT GOING FORWARD IF YOU LOOK BACK TO LIKE HOW WE GOT TO ANTARCTICA FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, WE JUST HAD SALES, BUT THEN WE >> INVENTED STEAM POWERED SHIPS AND THEN WE INVENTED AIRPLANES. AND SUDDENLY ANTARCTICA BECAME A PLACE THAT PEOPLE COULD NOT JUST EXPLORE, BUT START TO LIVE. AND WHAT THIS SHIP IS DEMONSTRATING FOR US IS THAT SAME SORT OF TRANSITION IN SPACE EXPLORATION AND IN DELIVERY TO ORBIT AND IN LUNAR SETTLEMENT AND THEN MAYBE EVENTUALLY EVEN MARTIAN SETTLEMENT. >> THIS >> STEP INCREASE IN CAPABILITY, TEN TIMES THE AMOUNT OF STUFF UP TO SPACE. AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO SEE JUST HOW FAR THIS IS GETTING ON ON THE TEST TODAY. IT JUST OPENS DOORS FOREVER NOW TO NEW OPPORTUNITY. AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF TESTING TO GO. THIS IS ONLY THE THIRD TEST FLIGHT, BUT I'M REALLY JOYFUL FOR THE WHOLE SPACEX TEAM AND FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS SPACE BUSINESS OF, OF WHAT THIS IS OPENING UP FOR EVERYONE. >> YES, IT'S BEEN REMARKABLE TO WATCH THIS WITH THE CAMERAS POSITIONED AS THEY ARE GIVING YOU A FRONT ROW SEAT, IF NOT, KIND OF A SENSE OF REAL TIME EXPERIENCE HERE, LEEWAY, IT SOUNDED LIKE THE HOT STAGING MANEUVER WAS IMPORTANT. WHAT WHAT IS THAT? THIS AGE >> YES, THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE TEST. AND OF THE VEHICLE DESIGN. AND BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE PRIOR TO SEPARATION, THE STARSHIP ACTUALLY LIGHTS ITS OWN ENGINES, PART OF ITS, SOME OF ITS OWN ENGINES. AND THEN THERE'S A SHUTDOWN OF THE BOOSTER ENGINES AND THE SEPARATION. AND SO THERE'S NO LAG, IF YOU WILL. BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THE STARSHIP APPS ACTUALLY FLIES AWAY FROM THE BOOSTER, WHICH IS STARTING TO SLOW DOWN. AND OF COURSE THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU WRITE THOSE ENGINES, YOU KEEP IT FROM CONTACTING, YOU DON'T WANT ANY KIND OF COLLISION, BUT THAT ALL LOOKED LIKE IT WENT FLAWLESSLY AND THIS AS CHRIS JUST SAID, THIS IS AN ENABLER THIS TECHNOLOGY, THIS FLIGHT TEST TODAY SHOWS THAT IT WILL BE PERFECTED. IT'S NOT COULD IT WORK, CAN IT WORK? IT WILL WORK AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING IT PERFECT AND BECOMING OPERATIONAL SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN HERE IS CONTROLLED A CENT ON STAGE SEPARATION. CHRIS WHAT IS NEXT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH MORE TESTING THAT IS TO DO AT THIS POINT WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN NOW, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SPACESHIP ITSELF, THE STARSHIP IS STILL IN SPACE. IT'S IT'S 190 KILOMETERS UP. IT'S TURNED AROUND BACKWARDS. IT'S RUNNING THROUGH THOSE TESTS. AND NOW IT'S GOING TO TRY AND FLY DOWN AND USE THE FRICTION OF THE AIR SURE. TO SLOW IT DOWN. SO IT'S A BIG TEST OF THE HEAT SHIELD ON IT OF ALL THOSE CERAMIC TILES THAT ARE GLUED TO THE BOTTOM. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED FLYING THE SPACE SHUTTLE, THAT WAS A BIG PROBLEM TRYING TO QUALIFY ALL OF THOSE, THOSE HEAT TILES. SO WE HAVE THAT TO PROVE AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO LAND THE FIRST STAGE BACK INTO THE LAUNCH TOWER. AND SO IT CAN BE RECOVERED AND 100% REUSABLE. AND YOU HAVE TO DO THAT TRANSITION WITH THE SPACESHIP ITSELF AND FLIP IT AROUND AND LANDED ON ITS OWN TAIL. SO THEY'RE PUTTING ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER. BUT IF THIS WERE A BIG JIGSAW, A WHOLE BUNCH OF PIECES GOT INTO PLACE TODAY THAT THAT ISSUE OF REUSABILITY, THAT IS WHAT >> MUSK PROMISE THAT THE OUTSET OF HIS PROJECT WITH SPACEX, HE WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR COULD DO THIS AND THAT THIS WOULD BE REUSABLE I MEAN, JUST HOW FAR HAS THIS COMPANY COME, LEROY, LET'S START WITH YOU AND HOW CONSEQUENTIAL IS THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN SUPPORT OF TIMES AND WHAT NASA AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE NASA ARE DOING. BUT IF YOU CAN JUST PROVIDE ME THAT KIND OF CRITICAL CONTEXT AS WE CONTINUE TO WATCH WHAT IS GOING ON IN TEXAS TODAY. >> WELL, CERTAINLY AN ELON MUSK FROM THE VERY EARLY ONSET. AND LOOK, WE'VE GOT TO BE REUSABLE. WE'VE GOT TO MOVE TOWARDS 100% REUSABILITY. AND HIS ANALOGY WAS LIKE, EVERY TIME WE GET ON THE 7:37, WE DON'T THROW IT AWAY AFTER ONE FLIGHT. THERE WOULD BE NO AIRLINES WE'VE GOT TO GET INTO THAT SAME MODE. AND OF COURSE, ALL THE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD AND I HAVE TO ADMIT AT THE TIME I WAS SKEPTICAL TO WHEN HE SAID HE'S GOING TO RECOVER FIRST STAGES ACTUALLY FLY HI THEM BACK AND LAND THEM EITHER BACK AT THE LAUNCH SITE OR ON A DRONE SHIP. AND HE FAILED MANY, MANY TIMES AT LEARNED FROM ALL THOSE FAILURES. AND FINALLY NOW IT'S ROUTINE AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE SAME THING WITH THE FALCON SUPER HEAVY THAT JUST LAUNCHED TODAY. A VERSION OF IT IN THE FUTURE WILL ALSO COME BACK AND BE FULLY REUSABLE. STARSHIP. YOU CAN THINK OF IT IT'S GOING TO BE A SPACE SHUTTLE. IT'S GOING TO HAVE HUMANS ON BOARD ONE DAY IT'S GOING TO COME BACK AND BE USEFUL. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MORE REUSABLE THAN THE SPACE SHUTTLE WAS THE SPACE SHUTTLE. MANY PARTS OF IT, INCLUDING THE ENGINEERS, HAD TO BE PRETTY MUCH REBUILT IN ORDER FOR IT'S REASONABLE THIS IS DISRUPTIVE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE INEXPENSIVE WELL, THE CLOCK HAS BEEN TICKING DOWN FOR SPACEX TO BE READY, OF COURSE, FOR NASA AS PLANNED >> RETURN OF ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON IN 2026 USING, WHAT IS A MODIFIED STARSHIP AS THE LAND OF VEHICLE IT'S BEEN FUN HAVING YOU GUYS. IT'S BEEN SPECTACULAR WATCHING THE IMAGES THAT WE HAVE JUST DONE, THE SPEED WATCHED
