Naukovi Novyny, Vol 2, Issue 6, June 25, 2020

In short

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Tom Mueller Jon Rou/Loyola Marymount University

The SpaceX company [1] led by the businessman of South African origin, partly educated in Canada, Elon Musk [2] on May 30 proved a total failure of the National Aerospace Agency (NASA) of the USA in effectively conducting its functions, resuming flights of American astronauts from the American spaceport in space after a 9-year break. On May 30, SpaceX launched the Crue Dragon spacecraft with two astronauts on board. The key person who "makes SpaceX rockets fly" is Thomas Mueller [3] (pictured above, taken from [4]). Mueller in German means "miller" and is the most common surname in Germany [5].

Used sources:

2. Elon Musk, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk).

3. Tom Mueller, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Mueller).

4. Meet Tom Mueller: From Idaho logger to SpaceX co-founder who makes Elon Musk’s rockets lift off, Catherine Clifford, CNBC, January 25 2019 (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/25/tom-mueller-spacex-cto-who-makes-elon-musks-rockets-fly.html).

5. Mueller (surname), Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCller_(surname)).


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