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Falcon 9 – Dragon: Setting a milestone in commercial space flight

News: Space Exploration    December 8, 2010
Artist’s conception of the Dragon capsule in orbit….Credit: Space X When President Obama, on the recommendation of the Augustine Commission, committed to raising the profile of commercial space flight, there were (and are) plenty of skeptics. Many assumed this was a zero-sum game, where if one company or agency wins more contract money, another loses. [...]
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Boeing throws (subsidized) hat into space tourism ring

News: Space Exploration    September 16, 2010
Boeing Corporation, the giant American aero-space company, announced that it will be joining the effort to provide transport for ‘space tourists’ to and from the International Space Station (ISS). This sounds like a major step for the commercial development of space. It could be. However, in reality it’s a step into the often contradictory world [...]
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