Fwd: [New post] Opinion: Cautious Optimism Required for Commercial Space in 2013

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From: AmericaSpace <donotreply@wordpress.com>
Date: January 6, 2013 6:43:08 AM GMT-06:00
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Subject: [New post] Opinion: Cautious Optimism Required for Commercial Space in 2013

Jason Rhian posted: "[caption id="attachment_29461" align="aligncenter" width="500"] In the last few years, private space firms have made huge strides in providing services to suborbital and orbital destinations. While these efforts should be encouraged and applauded, it is s" New post on AmericaSpace Opinion: Cautious Optimism Required for Commercial Space in 2013 by Jason Rhian During the past few years, private space companies have made leaps and bounds toward matching the accomplishments of what only nations had accomplished prior. If this trend holds, these firms could make even greater strides in the coming year. However, if history teaches us anything, it is that space is a very risky business, and [...] Read more of this post Jason Rhian | January 6, 2013 at 7:42 am | Tags: aerospace, AmericaSpace, Astronaut, Boeing, Bolden, Cape Canaveral, Commercial, COTS, Dragon Spacecraft, Elon Musk, Exploration, Explore, Falcon, Falcon 9, Garver, Human Space Flight, International Space Station, ISS, Johnson Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, Lunar, Moon, NASA, rocket, Rockets, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Sir Richard Branson, Space, space exploration, Space Exploration Technologies, SpaceX, The Spaceship Company, The Virgin Group, Titusville, ULA, United Launch Alliance, Virgin Galactic | Categories: Commercial, Commercial Space, Dragon, Opinion, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Space, Space Exploration Technologies, SpaceX | URL: http://wp.me/p1YCNG-7F5 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.americaspace.org/?p=29455