Yesterday saw the demonstration flight of a privately-funded rocket which took off from Cape Canaveral bearing a space capsule which, after orbiting earth for a while, will return to earth by splashing down in the Pacific.
Both the rocket and the capsule were designed and constructed by California's SpaceX company which has won a contract with NASA to provide twelve spacecraft with payloads of twenty tons each to resupply the International Space Station through to 2016.
Private enterprise is a great thing and SpaceX deserves to succeed in this $1.6bn venture.
Let’s hope though that none of our cheap airlines get involved!
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Both the rocket and the capsule were designed and constructed by California's SpaceX company which has won a contract with NASA to provide twelve spacecraft with payloads of twenty tons each to resupply the International Space Station through to 2016.
Private enterprise is a great thing and SpaceX deserves to succeed in this $1.6bn venture.
Let’s hope though that none of our cheap airlines get involved!
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