>> Andy: FUTURE OF SPACE IS
>> Andy: FUTURE OF SPACE IS
LOOKING BRIGHT AFTER A
SUCCESSFUL TEST LAST NIGHT BY
SPACEX.
>> Lisa: TEST INVOLVES
SUCCESSFUL HOP.
CHANNEL 2 WAS ONLY HOUSTON
STATION THERE TO WITNESS IT.
CATHY HERNANDEZ IS LIVE AT
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
WHAT DOES THIS TEST MEAN FOR THE
PROJECT?
>> Reporter: IT MEANS A LOT.
IT WAS THE TINY HOP BUT HUGE
STEP FORWARD TO SENDING TOURISTS
TO SPACE.
>> HISTORY!
>> Reporter: HISTORY SPACEX
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ITS
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED STARSHIP,
PROTOTYPE 150-METER HOP TEST
YESTERDAY.
PEOPLE IN BOCA CHICA AND SOUTH
TEXAS WATCHED ANXIOUSLY.
>> IT GOT SO QUIET AND THERE’S
ONE GUY TO MY RIGHT, HE SAID --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
>> Reporter: THE PROTOTYPE WHICH
LOOKS LIKE A TIN CAN HOPPED
NEARLY 500 FEET IN THE AIR
BEFORE COMING BACK DOWN LANDING
ON ITS LEG.
ON ITS LEG.
IT WAS POWER POWERED BY A SINGLE
ENGINE.
>> NOW THIRD TIME THE CHARM.
IT’S UNREAL.
>> Reporter: THIS TEST SHOWS
OPTIMISTIC FUTURE TAKING PEOPLE
TO THE MOON, MARS AND BEYOND.
THE FOUNDER OF SPACEX, ELON MUSK
SAYING MARS IS LOOKING REAL.
PEOPLE ARE TAKING IN EVERY
MOMENT.
>> WE TOOK ANOTHER HOP IN
HISTORY.
>> Reporter: WHEN WE SAY TINY,
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
IT WILL TAKE 35 MILLION MILES TO
TRAVEL TO MARS.
STILL THERE’S HOPE AND THE
MISSION CONTINUES.
REPORTING LIVE AT THE JOHNSON
SPACE CENTER, CATHY HERNANDEZ,
KPRC CHANNEL 2 NEWS.
>> Andy: AS LONG AS THERE’S
