"Over the last several months, SpaceX has been hard at work preparing for our next flight — a mission designed to demonstrate that a privately-developed space transportation system can deliver cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS). NASA has given us a Nov. 30, 2011 launch date, which should be followed nine days later by Dragon berthing at the ISS."
Regardless of who is president, wouldn't this be a better solution than the Aries/Orion pipe dream? I can't believe that private industry can't do it faster, better, cheaper than the NASA monstrosity.