as i said iearlier, you have spacex, but you have blue origin that will be launching a rocket in a year or so. >> reporter: the falcon heavy launch also serves as inspiration for graduate students who are preparing for careers in aerospace engineering. >> what i would like to see is the mining ofs asteroids. >> this is a show case of the industry and governments coming to together in the long-term commitment made this happen. >> reporter: musk tweeted this picture of his roadster that will be on mars for hundreds of years. >>> this is neat, passengers aboard this delta flight saw today's launch, they couldn't believe their eyes when they looked out the window and saw this. >>> at one point more than a million people were watching the launch some through our abc7 news app. you can get the news with our upgraded app it has personalized push alerts to get more of the news you want get delivered to your phone in real time. >>> people living at a complex in free mochbt are looking for a new place to live tonight as fire tore through their building on shaniko and shale common. it two firefigh