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first manned space craft 'Crew Dragon' made by an American private company arrived safely at the International Space Station within 19 hours of launch. The role of the 'geeky genius' elon Musk, who does not end the imagination of space travel, played a large role.

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11:16 p.m. on our time last night (31st), the private spacecraft 'Crew Dragon', carrying two astronauts, settled on the International Space Station ISS.

[Douglas Hurley / NASA Astronaut: We are delighted to announce the launch of the manned spacecraft in the United States. I am honored to be able to board this great space station.]

Upon successful return of the astronauts, the Crew Dragon is accredited as a means of transporting people to the International Space Station.

SpaceX, the private company that created the Crew Dragon, plans to carry 100 civilian passengers and explore Mars in 2024.

[Elon Musk / SpaceX President (TED 2017): Living on multiple planets and traveling in space is a civilization. It's important to create an inspirational and attractive future.]

SpaceX President Elon Musk is the founder of PayPal, an online payment system and head of Tesla, an electric vehicle company.

Following electric vehicles and space travel, we are also promoting a business that seems reckless at this time, with a car loaded on a skateboard to run an underground tunnel at 200km / h.

On the other hand, he said that indiscriminate development of AI technology is dangerous, and he also expressed his ambition to spend money on research to protect humans.

[Elon Musk / SpaceX Chairman: I'm not saying that someone will be a savior. It's just that you shouldn't be sad when you think about the future.] At the

beginning, the action of 'a geek genius' that turns every imagination that seemed wrong into reality is acting as a driving force to change the lives of mankind in the 21st century.

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