The issue of safety is a bigger issue than most consider.
Would you insure a private company that flew people into space?
As it is now commercial has no customer but government (and that’s being quickly strangled by the Obama administration).....so where is the profit for the commercial companies??????
Our science and technology is going down the tubes and the happy campers pushing “commercial” aka subsidized Obama picks are lapping up tax dollars while the lapping up is still possible.
Anyone who fails to see that this has been orchestrated deliberately to dismantle the U.S. manned space program, doesn’t know what has been happening, or is happy to see it gone.
You should see how many people have signed up to go to space in the Branson/Rutan venture, and then there is this:
Bigelow Aerospace Soars with Private Space Station Deals
A private space company offering room on inflatable space habitats for research has found a robust international market, with eager clients signing up from space agencies, government departments and research groups....
http://www.space.com/9358-bigelow-aerospace-soars-private-space-station-deals.html