So it’s a birthing room?
paywall ... how about the Cliff Notes?
Space X Dragon will be contracted by NASA to send humans to the ISS.
Aren’t there several companies wanting that job?
He’s in the running to be the real-life D.D. Harriman:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Sold_the_Moon
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Re: “ferry astronauts to and from the international space station”
I think it’s time to reconsider our ongoing investment in the ISS (the space station, not the terrorist group).
As I recall, USA investment in the ISS exceeds $100 billion, and other countries have contributed billions more.
Yet, the research harvest has been almost completely confined to learning about how man can live and work in space.
That was worthwhile, but we have reached the point of diminishing return on investment.
In my opinion, it will be centuries - not decades - before safe, practical, routine, and economical human space flight is available to the Moon, Mars, and asteroids.
And, in my opinion, it will be many more centuries after that before man can reach the outer moons or leave this Solar System.
I want the NASA budget to stay the same, or, better, to increase.
But in 2014, in my opinion, the best science can be performed by robotic explorers and new space telescopes.
And, in my opinion, it is likely that technology “spin offs” will be exactly the same for human space exploration as it would be for robotic exploration.