Humankind Needs to Aim for the Stars
I was one of those 2,3 million people who watched the live broadcast of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch on Tuesday. I had been sharing information about the event in social media for a few days to make sure that those around me would at least be reminded to witness a moment in history that the humankind was going to be looking back as a turning-point leading to larger scale space exploration. We were witnessing history. All those times feeling jealous of my parents for having watched the moon landing didn't feel bad at all any longer: I was living in the time of history when even more amazing things were happening and we owe it to people like Elon Musk. The Falcon Heavy was a test that Musk personally gave a 50-50 chance of success. Mostly on test launches the rocket is loaded with steel blocks or concrete to simulate the mass, but Musk wanted to do something more interesting, so instead he decided to send a Tesla Roadster in space. A sexy cherry-red Roadster is a product of his