What Will Happen With Private Space In 2011

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- XCOR 5K18 "Lynx" Engine, Photo by Mike Massee - 

 

The Adventure Continues...

There are those going to work today, thinking about the future of space travel. How cool is that? Of course I am not saying that they just started thinking about it, they have been thinking about this since the first man ever stepped foot in space almost 50 years ago now. They are building the next generation of rockets, space planes, and space stations. Fortunately, the environment in which they have built these new space businesses has been one that allows them to operate on much smaller budgets, due to advances in propulsion, computers, robotics, and commercial off the shelf parts that make things much easier to build. NASA has also realized the value of these new commercial businesses, and have dedicated a good amount of extra funds to help them. Let us hope that our government also realizes how important they are, and keeps the funding going (fingers crossed). There is no shortage of amazing things that will happen this year, and I would like to highlight some of the companies and what they plan to do this year.

 

You ready for this? Let's get to it.

 

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