The Aldridge Commission on the new plan for space exploration is scheduled to release its report Wednesday, June 16th, at noon. The much anticipated report has already hit the news, with reports in many newspapers Monday and Tuesday, following a leak to the Associated Press. The following is adapted from a letter I wrote on this to Newsday's science staff this morning. The call for private industry "to assume the primary role of providing services to NASA, and most immediately in accessing low Earth orbit" could potentially be something very new. One of NASA's first responses to the "new vision"...