[KevinDavis]

There will be a live thread (If anyone is interested) next week...

Also here is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz366w0IE78

[KevinDavis]

[hinckley buzzard]

Private enterprise sending rockets into space? Insane. You must be listening to that crazy Gingrich again. Everybody here knows we can't afford it, and says so.

[cripplecreek]

It will be kind of nice to get back to real rockets.

[GeronL]

I am hoping for a very successful mission

[NonValueAdded]

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[wastedyears]

I bet those engines firing for two seconds would be able to power Al Gore’s mansion for... what, maybe a day?

[GeorgeWashingtonsGhost]

Why is SpaceX doing this and not NASA? Perhaps the feelings of nationalism or patriotism is less when a private enterprise does launches? There has to be some reason Obama has all but killed NASA. Think about it. Obama supports everything being taken over by the government so why is this being done by SpaceX? I'm thinkin' there's a certain psychology in play here that benefits the progressives ultimate goal of killing American patriotism.

Would be nice to see 'UNITED STATES' on this thing or a BIG American flag.. Oh that's right, it's SpaceX.. Open for business to anyone. This isn't an American thing, unlike NASA. Oooops, bye bye NASA. Mission accomplished.

[wastedyears]

Privatized space-based businesses could be huge; not only in salary, but also what it could bring to us. I believe the space age hasn’t even started, but with individual initiative (and a lot of money), it could really take off if the red tape is cut down.