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Elon Musk feels nervous hours before SpaceX 's historical mission to introduce its first astronauts to the world. It's my fault that it goes wrong:
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recognized his nervousness to take its first astronauts to space in the wake of SpaceX 's groundbreaking mission.
SpaceX was to launch the first people into orbit on Wednesday, 4:33 p.m. on the new Crew Dragon spacecraft. Cape Canaveral, Florida ET.
Taking part in "CBS This Morning" on Wednesday, Musk said SpaceX's safety was a top priority for the astronauts and said that during the mission a lot could go wrong.
NASA operates on the project dubbed Demo-2, with the astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley flying inside a spaceship from the Dragon Crew.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk opened his nerves before SpaceX's first planned orbiting start, saying he should be responsible for anything wrong.
When he spoke to "CBS This Morning" he said "I am Chief Engineer of this thing," hours before the scheduled launch of Wednesday, so if that goes well, I want to say it's a fault of mine to the SpaceX-NASA Team.
He added: "This is the culmination of a dream. This is a dream come true. In fact, it feels surreal. If you'd asked me when starting SpaceX if this would happen, I'd be like '1 percent chance, 0.1 percent chance.'"
All of the planning will be carried by a SpaceX Crew Dragon rocket to the International Space Station by NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley.
On this mission, called Demo-2, NASA works with SpaceX. President Donald Trump said he's going to help in the event.
Protection of the astronauts is the "only concern" of SpaceX 's staff, Musk said, adding that elements of the mission gave him sleepless nights.
"Actually all I can think about right now," he said, adding: "I have to physically suppress everything, because else internally it will be difficult to cope with."
Demo-2 is to start at the Kennedy Space Center from Launch Complex 39A. This is the same launchpad that Apollo 11 sent to the Moon, Musk naming it the "Times Square."
'It is like Times Square, thirty nine-a — it's not like the start of a Broadway play, it's like the start of a Times Square play, OK, the best pad in the world,' he said.
There was heavy rain during the interview with Musk, and storms could postpone the start.
This is how the historic Wednesday launch is watched, although a tropical storm might delay the trial flight crew until Saturday or Sunday.
