Falcon Heavy, built by a company called SpaceX, was successfully launched from the same platform that astronauts who landed on the moon were launched. The company owner wishes to send rockets to Mars next, so this is a step in that technological direction. He also envisions people being able to live full time on mars.
I think this is important because it shows the technological advancements that are improving space travel. Mars is suddenly tangible for astronauts.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/science/falcon-heavy-spacex-launch.html
London Hibbs- that's so cool! Yay for advancements in space travel- I want to go to mars. :)
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