I note the lack of replies on this thread. I guess everyone is too busy pissing on Romney’s Wheaties.
This is epic. The first privately done space flight. It’s not pretty, really a cargo flight but this is huge and it removes the dependency on Russia. You got to love it.
yes, it is.... epic. :-)
Um, no... SpaceX has done private space flight before. And put a capsule into orbit and returned it safely (with a 50 lb cheese wheel in it, for laughs).
Other companies regularly put payloads in orbit.
It may be the first private docking with the ISS, but it isn't the first private space flight by a long shot.
/johnny
NASA is an American tradition, so.. Bye bye NASA, compliments of Barack!
I’m excited to see this, too. Private spaceflight is the only way to the stars.