On October 4, 2016, at the conference on technological advances `What’s Next`, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg affirmed: `I firmly believe that the first person to set foot on Mars will travel on a Boeing rocket.`

In 2019, on a CNBC program, when asked if Boeing could beat SpaceX in the race to Mars, Muilenberg continued to repeat this statement.

One year later, the most important leg in the race to Mars is over.

This is just a small step in the history of human space exploration, but the first chapter in a new era of commercial aerospace.

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence watched the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket on May 31.

Of course, SpaceX’s success cannot be without the economic power supported by the US government.

The incident started when the Bush administration did not accept the increasing budget from NASA and decided to liberalize the aerospace industry from 2004. Bush also proposed the `Commercial Crew Program

In addition to NASA’s investment, companies must operate on their own.

In September 2014, NASA selected Boeing and SpaceX to split a total of $6.8 billion in manned space project contracts, priced at $4.3 billion and $2.5 billion, respectively.

This causes a lot of controversy because hardly many people believe that SpaceX can beat Boeing.

The amount of money NASA invests is a fixed amount.

By 2017, in a presentation about a new model of a fully reusable spacecraft, Musk said: “It used to be called the Interplanetary Transport System, but I will call it the BFR.

Simulation of SpaceX’s refueling process.

In addition, BFR’s rocket also possesses another unimaginable technology: refueling in space.

By applying a series of modern technologies, BFR not only serves the mission of conquering Mars but can also perform many other tasks, such as building a base on the moon, supplying goods to the ISS or most simply,

In addition to the task of putting satellites into orbit, Elon Musk also described BFR as having the ability to wander in earth orbit to collect floating debris or expired satellites.

Musk demonstrated his technological power by sending two American astronauts into space on a rocket built by SpaceX on May 31.

With `crazy` ideas, CEO Elon Musk defeated giant Boeing in the race to send people into space.

Meanwhile, giant Boeing is not under economic pressure like SpaceX.

In addition to commercial manned space flight projects, NASA is also disappointed with Boeing in other projects.

Boeing is currently in trouble both internally and externally.

SpaceX’s success not only dealt a heavy blow to Boeing’s morale, but also directly affected their subsequent aerospace business.

SpaceX’s biggest competitive advantage lies in applying technology to save costs.

SpaceX and Boeing aren’t just competing in commercial spaceflight.

In an interview with the media, Musk said, giants like Boeing are too arrogant.

Current success does not mean SpaceX has a monopoly on the commercial aerospace market.