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diamondspaceguy
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I have been reading a lot of 2007 reviews by companies. Also looking at their sites and the prospects for 2008. This lead me to try and look at commercial spaceflight in 2008.<br /><br />The main teams we have are:<br /><br />Virgin Galactic<br />Virgin are getting ready for their January Presentation. I read a story Here http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=4073 They should be doing test flight of white night 2 and spaceshiptwo in the middle of the year, passengers following two years later.<br /><br />Armadillo Aerospace<br />Competing again in the XPC they are also working for NASA and should have stiff oposition this year. www.armadilloaerospace.com Teams like Masten could be in direct competition!<br /><br />JP Aerospace<br />They have got a blog running and could be heading their airships into space at some point soon. www.jpaerospace.com/blog<br /><br />Interorbital Systems<br />Getting a lot of publicity in the media these days they are getting a rocket ready for space in 2008, also carrying anyones name for just $1. A recent story by their engineer is available here http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=4088<br /><br />Project Enterprise<br />A fairly new team i see an update coming in January and a story here http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=4096<br /><br />SpaceX<br />SpaceX have made great progress this year, they had a few problems but i think they are everyone's favourites for the NASA COTS<br /><br />These teams should all have a make or break year. Am i missing anyone out? 2008 should be the year of the private sector! What's everyone elses feelings? Is it all hype? <br /><br />Let me know your thoughts?<br /><br />DSG