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Musk mocked Biden for lack of reaction to SpaceX civil flight

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The head of SpaceX, Elon Musk, found a humorous explanation for the silence of US President Joe Biden, who has not yet commented on the completion of the first-ever mission of a crew of space tourists.

"He (Biden. - Ed) is still sleeping, " the entrepreneur admitted, answering the question of a subscriber on Twitter

A team of non-professional cosmonauts was in space for three days as part of the Inspiration4 mission.

The crew included 38-year-old billionaire Jared Isaacman, US Air Force veteran Chris Sembroski and geophysicist and pilot Sian Proctor. Also, 29-year-old Hayley Arsenault became a space tourist, as a child she suffered from bone cancer. Due to the disease, one of her legs was amputated, now the girl moves with the help of a prosthesis. Arsenault became the youngest American woman to visit space.

As previously explained in SpaceX, the purpose of the team sent to space was to conduct scientific research "aimed at improving the health of people on Earth and during future long-term space flights."

In addition, the company told how the crew members spent their leisure time in orbit. In particular, they recorded interviews with several patients of the St. Petersburg Children's Research Hospital. Judas, talked with actor Tom Cruise, the head of SpaceX, Elon Musk.

The Falcon 9 launch vehicle with a crew of space tourists on board launched from the Cape Canaveral cosmodrome on September 15 at 20: 03 US East Coast time (3:03 Moscow time on September 16).

On September 16, Elon Musk contacted the crew of the Inspiration4 space mission and announced that the flight was proceeding normally. On the same day, Crew Dragon entered a record orbit — 585 km.

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