The Spectacular SpaceX Splashdown Is Worthy of Celebration

A triumph for Elon Musk, President Trump, and capitalism

Mar 19, 2025

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Support teams work around a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

With the press full of the cacophony of conflict and alarmism—reports of renewed war in Gaza, partisan fears of persistent inflation, claims of constitutional crises, market volatility related to tariffs, and, on campuses, protests and research-grant uncertainty—it is worth noticing, and celebrating, when there is some genuinely inspiring, and dramatic, good news.

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