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Elon Musk through its space technology company, SpaceX, managed to win a contract with NASA worth USD 2.9 billion or Rp.42.1 trillion as a project to send humans to the Moon.
The technology billionaire was chosen among other equally competitive candidates, namely the world’s richest person Jeff Bezos which owns Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc.
“We must complete the next landing as quickly as possible. This is an extraordinary time to engage in human exploration, for all of humanity,” said NASA administrator Steve Jurczyk. News Sky.
“SpaceX had to complete flight tests to check all systems with lunar landings before our official demonstration mission, “said another NASA official, Lisa Watson-Morgan.
Musk as is known to be very ambitious with space exploration missions. This ambition was realized through SpaceX. He even attempted to send humans to live on Mars.
But so far, SpaceX’s main function has been used to launch satellites for its Starlink internet satellites, other satellites, and space cargo shipping needs.
Musk also made a breakthrough in space technology by introducing recycled rockets to reduce space waste. One of the rockets SpaceX the so-called strongest in the world, Falcon Heavy, has a sophistication where the propulsion engine can make it return to Earth to be used again.
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