Balafon » Space & Science http://balafon.net Shouting Into the Void Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:48:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Private Enterprise http://balafon.net/archives/698 http://balafon.net/archives/698#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:50:13 +0000 Gordon http://balafon.net/?p=698 So now that it seems that Nasa’s new spacecraft designs are in such bad shape as to be unsuitable for their stated purpose of returning to the moon, it seems more and more likely that private companies like SpaceX are the future of space travel.

SpaceX has just announced a long-duration uncrewed version of its Dragon capsule that can be used as a little mini space station. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they were working on designs for getting to the moon and beyond.

Of course this all depends on the Falcon 9 being proven as a reliable launch vehicle. The Falcon 1 is one for four at the moment, so there’s still a ways to go.

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