Falcon Heavy just opened a new outer space chapter, with exactly the right point of emphasis. It’s Space-X and Musk all the way – no government B$ to muddy up this rocket program:
The level of achievement here is massively impressive considering guaranteed profit scams sheltered by government regulation and unfair trade practices are the only consistently produced U.S. business ventures in recent decades. Lockheed and Boeing must be drawing big question marks around plans for their horribly subsidized United Launch Alliance – the U.S. government-run space launch monopoly.
They wanted “heavy lift” so a 2-ton car should do the trick for demonstration purposes, right? Where did they want it? Mars? OK, no problem. Track Starman’s progress here.
Go for it Elon!