Trump 'close' with Musk as he watches spacecraft launch...A green light for the space business?

[Anchor]
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off their close ties by watching the test launch of the spacecraft together this time.

Musk's space business, which has become a big shot in the second Trump administration, is also expected to see a tailwind from next year,
Reporter Hong Ju-ye reports
.

[Reporter]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk greets U.S. President-elect Donald Trump with a space launch site.

As soon as the two met, they embraced each other and showed off their intimacy, and then moved side by side to the observatory.

This is to watch Musk's space company SpaceX test launch of the Starship spacecraft.

[Elon Musk / CEO of Tesla] The spacecraft will now circle the Earth. If you come this way, you can see better. (Trump: Yes, I will.)]

This is the sixth launch of Starship,

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1"
The result was half a success, even though it was held with the president-elect
in attendance.

During the fifth launch last month, the rocket arm failed to catch the first stage of the projectile.

Instead, the propellant, which failed to return to the launch pad, fell into the Gulf of Mexico sea.

However, the second-end Starship fell into the Indian Ocean without an explosion after completing a low-Earth orbit flight.

As Musk is considered a heavyweight in the next administration, it is predicted that it will be easier for SpaceX to get permission to launch next year.

As a result, Musk's ambition to send astronauts to the moon on the Starship and further land on Mars is expected to gain great momentum.

I'm Hong Joo Ye of YTN.

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video: Lim Hyun-chul