to be launched from u.s. soil by a spacex rocket and capsule are back on her. yesterday i spoke with the nasa deputy administrator about the new space age and the spacex splashdown. >> it is a huge milestone. you think about just what we have accomplished. we haven't done this in 48 years as far as having a splashdown goes. we did it with a commercial enterprise for the first time in history launched humans into space and safely brought them back. it is a new era in our space age, and that is what we are looking towards. the president told us to get to the moon in preparation to go to mars, and so it is really -- one campaign, three domains. lowers orbit, -- low-earth orbit, which is where bob and doug have been. the moon, in preparation to go to mars. and going to mars.