commercial orbital transportation services

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I am so anxious to hear who will NASA choose to supply the ISS in people and cargo.<br /><br />I also am somewhat surprised that NASA is even considering this at this stage in the game. Maybe the potential was always there for space companies.<br /><br />And I really hope this continues and becomes a very viable option for NASA to operate in space. So much so that maybe in decades to come I can see NASA be relegated to exploration, systems R&D and Bio research.<br /><br />But not today.<br /><br />Griffin says in the following atricle<br />http://www.space.com/news/060815_griffin_smallsat.html<br /> />“There have been some entrepreneurial space successes, but by and large I think it’s only fair to point out that most of space entrepreneurship exists on viewgraphs,” Griffin said.<br /><br />“The time is right that if there is some NASA money on the table … some of these entrepreneurs can step up,” Griffin concluded.< <br /><br />Alas the mighty dollar. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#0000ff"><em>"SCE to AUX" - John Aaron, curiosity pays off</em></font></p> </div>