Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakaputaina e SpaceX ngā pikitia whakamiharo o tōna whakamātau tuatoru ki te whakanoho i tētahi pūkaha rokiroki ki runga i tētahi kaipuke i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. Ko te ataata, i tangohia mai i tētahi rererangi inanahi, e whakaatu ana i te pūkaha Falcon 9 e whakaiti ana i a ia ki runga i te papa, i mua i te pupuhi o te hau e huri ana ki tētahi taha. Ka taea e te kaitautoko 14-papa te patu i te kaipuke, engari ko tona tere tere me te piko ka puta i te paanga. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Kua whakaputaina e SpaceX ngā pikitia whakamiharo o tōna whakamātau tuatoru ki te whakanoho i tētahi pūkaha rokiroki ki runga i tētahi waka rererangi i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. I whakamātauhia te nekehanga whai muri i te whakarewatanga o te waka rererangi Falcon 9 i etahi meneti i mua atu i Cape Canaveral i Florida. I muri tata mai i te whakarewatanga, i kii te piriona piriona SpaceX, Elon Musk, i runga i a Twitter: 'He angitu te piki. Kei te haere a Dragon ki te Space Station. I tū te pūkaha ki runga i te waka rererangi, engari he uaua rawa mō te ora.' He uaua tonu te whakatū i te pūkaha ki runga. I whakatauritea e SpaceX i tētahi wā, ki te taurite i tētahi rākau rākau i runga i tō ringa. Ko te kaipuke rererangi rererangi motuhake he 300ft na 100ft (90 na 30 mita), me nga parirau e toro atu ana ki te 170ft (50 mita). I whakatakotohia e Musk te 50-50 ki te angitu o te ngana me te kii ko nga whakapainga ki te hoahoa ka puta i te tau katoa. Ko te ataata, i tangohia mai i tētahi waka rererangi inanahi, e whakaatu ana i te pūkaha o te Falcon 9 e heke iho ana ki runga i te papa, i mua i te pupuhi o te hau e huri ana ki tētahi taha. Ka taea e te kaitautoko te patu i te waka, engari ko tona tere nui me te piko ka puta he paahitanga nui i te paanga. Kua whakapuakina e United Launch Alliance ngā mahere nui hei whakarewa i tētahi pūkaha ka taea te whakamahi anō i te ingoa 'Vulcan' i te tau 2019. Ka whakamahi a Vulcan i ngā pūkaha hōu, i te whakaora i waenganui o te rangi, me tētahi atamira hōu o runga e whai ana ki te āhei i ngā mahi matatini i runga i te aorangi. Te āhua nei kua whakaritea e te kamupene te whakapuakitanga hei whakararuraru i te whakarewatanga o te Falcon 9 a SpaceX, i te tūmanako i tēnei rā ki te whakamatau e taea ana te whakamahi anō i ngā pūkaha. Ko te whāinga o te SpaceX me te ULA ko te whakamutu i te whakawhirinaki o Amerika ki ngā pūkaha rocket i hangaia e Rūhia, engari he uaua tonu te hangarau. Ko te mahere a ULA kia kore e whakahokia mai te pūkaha katoa, he huarahi e manakohia ana e te whakataetae...
I whakamātau a SpaceX i te toru o ngā whakamātautau ki te whakanoho i tētahi pūkaha ki runga i tētahi kaipuke inanahi. Engari i huri te pūkaha i muri i te pā ki tōna ūnga, ā, i whakangaromia. Kei te haere a Falcon 9 ki te ISS me nga taonga ka tae mai i te Paraire. Kei roto i te utanga ko te mīhini espresso tuatahi i hangaia hei whakamahi i te mokowā.