Musk counters Armstrong, Cernan---Shuttle s/b operational until CC is IMO

 
Private space pioneer Elon Musk counters Armstrong, critics on 60 Minutes
 
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Elon Musk made history in 2010 when his company, SpaceX, became the first to launch a privately built space capsule into orbit and return it safely to Earth. But now, the millionaire-turned-space pioneer has an even loftier goal: to be the first entrepreneur to put an astronaut in orbit. In an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" Sunday, Musk discussed his ambitious future plans and responds to two high profile critics of commercial spaceflight: Iconic Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan — the first and last men to walk on the moon.
 
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