Local NASA employees discuss importance of upcoming rocket launch

Local NASA employees discuss importance of upcoming rocket launch

COMPETITIVE, AND WE SHOULD BECOMPETITIVE."ED SALTZMAN IS A KERN COUNTYRESIDENT WHO WORKED FORNASA FOR 50 YEARS AS ANAERODYNAMICS ANALYST, ANDHE'S HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE U.S.WILL SOON LAUNCH AMERICANASTRONAUTS INTO ORBIT FROMAMERICAN SOIL FOR THE FIRSTTIME IN NEARLY A DECADE."WE SHOULD AIM TO BE THE BEST,YES, IN AERONAUTICS AS WELL ASSPACE."THE LAUNCH OF THE ROCKET, NAMEDCREW DRAGON, WASINTENDED TO HAPPEN WEDNESDAY,BUT WEATHERDELAYED IT TO SATURDAY.

ON BOARD'CREW DRAGON' WILL BEASTRONAUTS ROBERT BEHNKEN ANDDOUGLAS HURLEY, WHOWILL BE TAKEN TO THEINTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.ED'S SON CURRENTLY WORKS FORNASA, AND SAYSBEHNKEN HAS A KERN COUNTYCONNECTION."BOB BENKEN, HE ACTUALLY WENT TOFLIGHT TEST PILOT SCHOOL ATEDWARDSAIR FORCE BASE."IN FACT, NASA SAYS BOTH MEN HAVETRAINED IN KERN COUNTY.ALTHOUGH BOTH ASTRONAUTS AREFROM NASA, BILLIONAIRE ELONMUSK'S PRIVATE COMPANY SPACEXBUILT THE ROCKET.

NASASIMPLY PURCHASING THE RIGHT FORTHEIR ASTRONAUTS TOBE ON BOARD, WHICH JOHN SAYSOVERALL, SAVES THEM A LOT OFMONEY."NASA CAN USE THE MONEY SAVED BYTAKING COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT ANDAPPLY THAT TOWARD THEIR COREMISSION INTO DEEP SPACE."NASA HAS PLANS OF AGAIN SENDINGHUMANS TO THE MOON BY 2024,