New York Times – Private Sector Edges Deeper in Space
By KENNETH CHANG | May 14, 2012
“…If all goes as planned, [a rocket launch Saturday] morning will mark something transformative for the space industry: a victory for capitalism in what has been for decades a government-run enterprise. The capsule, built by Space Exploration Technologies Corporation — SpaceX, for short — would be the first commercial spacecraft to make it to the space station, and many observers view its launching as the starting gun in an entrepreneurial race to turn space travel into a profit-making business in which NASA is not necessarily the biggest customer….”
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