President Barack Obama’s chief science adviser, John Holdren, said it was a “thoroughly exciting moment in the history of spaceflight” and “the beginning of a new way of doing business for Nasa.”
If successful SpaceX will be paid the remainder of a £264 million agreement it has with Nasa, and would begin a £1.06 billion contract for a dozen more cargo flights. It hopes to eventually take astronauts to the space station.
Ahead of the launch Mr Musk, who is chief executive and chief designer of SpaceX, said: “If there is any divine being that can influence the outcome of this event, I will ask for favour from that divine being.”
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