Musk Says First Passengers on SpaceX Rockets Must Be ‘Brave’
- SpaceX CEO discusses prospects for human space travel
- First attempt of Falcon Heavy rocket launch will ‘be exciting’
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Elon Musk tamped down expectations about Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s new rocket designed to carry private citizens into space, saying whoever chooses to be among the first passengers will need to be "brave."
The SpaceX Falcon Heavy, a rocket with two extra boosters attached and a total of 27 engines that must fire simultaneously, will have enormous stresses and has been difficult to test on the ground, Musk said Wednesday in Washington.