SpaceX Falcon Heavy to Launch NASA’s Roman Telescope

The choice of Falcon Heavy for a flagship astrophysics mission signals how far commercial heavy-lift has moved into NASA's science pipeline, where institutional launchers once dominated. The beneficiaries are the dark-energy and exoplanet communities, whose survey work depends on getting this observatory aloft. The open question is whether this pairing becomes a template for future flagship science missions, or remains a one-off.