One of my favorite parts of living in the Bay area is being able to see Space X rockets launch in the distance. As a kid growing up in the Kentucky, I had to settle for watching those things on TV. I also remember watching the splashdowns in the ocean, complete with the lunar module and its triple parachutes. It’s been a long time since we carried astronauts into space, even longer since we landed on the moon. Many Americans were not even born when we left our flag on another planet. Now, we’re back. Space X has a flight scheduled for this afternoon that will carry two passengers to the International Space Station. If this mission goes well, Elon Musk and company plan to eventually land on the Moon and Mars. As the country (and the world) recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, this would be a great time to unite our population. – Sean Roberts

• SpaceX Falcon-9 Rocket And Crew Dragon Capsule Launches From Cape Canaveral Sending Astronauts To The International Space Station

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  CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - MAY 27: The countdown clock is seen as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft attached is seen on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on May 27, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are scheduled to liftoff today on an inaugural flight and will be the first people since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011 to be launched into space from the United States. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

• NASA Prepares For First Manned Space Launch Since 2011

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  CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - MAY 26: Workers prepare the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft attached for tomorrow's scheduled liftoff from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on May 26, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be aboard the May 27th inaugural flight and will be the first people since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011 to be launched into space from the United States. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

• NASA Prepares For First Manned Space Launch Since 2011

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  CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - MAY 26: Photographers prepare remote cameras to capture the scheduled launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft attached from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on May 26, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be aboard the May 27th inaugural flight and will be the first people since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011 to be launched into space from the United States. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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• NASA Administrator Bridenstine Tours SpaceX Headquarters With Elon Musk

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  HAWTHORNE, CA - OCTOBER 10: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine (L) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talks to reporters near the Crew Dragon clean room at SpaceX Headquarters on October 10, 2019 in Hawthorne, California. Both men reiterated their shared goals of launching NASA astronauts to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule as soon as safely possible, according to published reports. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

• NASA Prepares For First Manned Space Launch Since 2011

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  CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - MAY 26: Workers prepare the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft attached for tomorrow's scheduled liftoff from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on May 26, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be aboard the May 27th inaugural flight and will be the first people since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011 to be launched into space from the United States. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
• NASA Prepares For First Manned Space Launch Since 2011

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  CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - MAY 26: Workers prepare the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft attached for tomorrow's scheduled liftoff from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on May 26, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be aboard the May 27th inaugural flight and will be the first people since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011 to be launched into space from the United States. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

• SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Gives Update On Starship Launch Vehicle At Texas Launch Facility

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• SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Gives Update On Starship Launch Vehicle At Texas Launch Facility

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  BOCA CHICA, TX - SEPTEMBER 28: Space enthusiasts look at a prototype of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft at the company's Texas launch facility on September 28, 2019 in Boca Chica near Brownsville, Texas. The Starship spacecraft is a massive vehicle meant to take people to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. (Photo by Loren Elliott/Getty Images)
• SpaceX Demo-1 Rollout

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  CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - MARCH 2: NASA astronaut Eric Boe, assistant to the chief of the astronaut office for commercial crew, left, and Norm Knight, deputy director of flight operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Demo-1 mission from firing room four of the Launch Control Center, Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-1 mission will be the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. (Photo by Joel Kowsky /NASA via Getty Images)

• SpaceX Demo-1

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  CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 28: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen as it is raised into a vertical position on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Demo-1 mission, February 28 2019 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-1 mission will be the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for a 2:49am launch on March 2, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. (Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images)

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