America 250: The Future of Commercial Space (Part 2)

America 250: The Future of Commercial Space (Part 2)

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In Part 2 of our commercial space series, we step inside the National Air and Space Museum’s "Futures in Space" gallery. Join us and explore how groundbreaking reusable technologies — like SpaceX’s Merlin engine and Blue Origin’s crew capsule — are redefining the economics of spaceflight. We also chat with museum curation experts about the unique challenge of collecting and preserving commercial space history as it happens.

🎥 Watch Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/JYj2YxxVsng
🚀 Learn more about the FAA's journey to America's 250th at https://www.faa.gov/america250