for derrick pitts is the chief astronomer for the franklin institute science museum in the u.s. he says the mission kicks off a new phase in space exploration. this truly is a historic a moment because this is another step toward opening access to low earth orbit in space and a much lower cost and this also will be the 1st steps towards the next big adventure in space exploration astronauts returning to the moon in just a couple of years and then building up the skill and the infrastructure for a potential human visit to mars one of the differences between the between nasa as a national space agency and space x. as an independent company is that space x. doesn't have the same time to put red tape bureaucratic red tape that down nasa has to deal with that and it also has the freedom to take on new and innovative approaches to accessing space you know nasa has an entire infrastructure built up based on the space agency ideas of the 20th century where space x. is built on ball most entirely in the 21st century and so with those new innovations and those new fresh ideas space x. can

the new arrivals are met by 2 russians and an american who have been in orbit sense april now derrick pitts is the chief astronomer for the franklin institute science museum in the u.s. he says the mission kicks off a new phase in space exploration. this truly is a historic a moment because this is another step toward opening access to low earth orbit in space i much lower cost and this also will be the 1st steps towards the next big adventure in space exploration astronauts returning to the moon in just a couple of years and then building up the skill and the infrastructure for a potential human visit to mars one of the differences between the between nasa as a national space agency and space x. as an independent company is that space x. doesn't have the same kind of red tape bureaucratic red tape that does nessa has to deal with there and it also has the freedom to take on new and innovative approaches to accessing space you know nasa has an entire infrastructure built up based on the space agency ideas of the 20th century where space x. is built up almost entirely in the 21st century and