'Future of civilisation assured when space travel becomes common as air travel': Elon Musk

After successful return journey of X Crew Dragon Capsule, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that return of astronauts was something whole world can "take pleasure in" as an "achievement of humanity". " matter wherever you are on Earth, this is a good thing and I hope it brightens your day," Musk said in a press conference after Crew Dragon Capsule Endeavour splashed down Gulf of Mexico, as X becomes first private company to send people to  International Station and back.

He even took to Twitter to express his thoughts on travel stating that future of civilisation will be assured when travel will become as common as air travel.

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NASA astronauts safely splashdown

After spending 63-days at International Station (ISS), two US astronauts, Bob Behnken and Douglas Hurley returned to Earth on August 3. Behnken and Hurley me history when y became first people to be launched into low-Earth orbit on a commercial craft built by X. mission, Demo-2, also marked first time NASA h launched astronauts from US soil in nine years.

United States President Donald Trump congratulated team on success of two months-long mission. While taking to Twitter, Trump called mission ‘very successful’ and informed that astronauts completed first splashdown in 45 years. president even shared moment when capsule endeavour splashed in Gulf of Mexico.  

NASA ministrator Jim Bridenstine called it "a great day for  United States of America" in a post-splashdown press conference.  "We are entering a new era of human flight where NASA is longer purchaser, owner, and operator of all of hardware. We are going to be a customer — one customer of many customers in a very robust commercial marketplace for human flight to low Earth orbit," he said.

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