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Bigelow Aerospace Fast-Tracks Manned Spacecraft

Posted by samzenpus on from the in-space-no-one-knows-you're-first dept.

Raver32 writes "Following the successful launch and deployment of two inflatable space modules, on Monday the owner and founder of Bigelow Aerospace announced plans to move ahead with the launch of its first human habitable spacecraft, the Sundancer. The decision to fast-track Sundancer was made in part due to rising launch costs as well as the ability to test some systems on the ground, company CEO Robert Bigelow said in a press statement. 'As anyone associated with the aerospace industry is aware, global launch costs have been rising rapidly over the course of the past few years,' Bigelow is quoted as saying. 'These price hikes have been most acute in Russia due to a number of factors including inflation, previous artificially low launch costs and the falling value of the US dollar.'"

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  1. Linus is right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am with Linus on this one. For the life of me I can't understand what this sucking up to RMS is about.
    Linus himself does not think GPLv3 is a good thing. So why do people keep adopting it.

  2. Linux is right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am with Linux on this one. For the life of me I can't understand what this sucking up to RMS is about.
    Linux itself does not think GPLv3 is a good thing. So why do people keep adopting it.

  3. Mod parent INSIGHTFUL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    GPLv2 is *NOT* restrictive to the end user. I think that it is much more fair and balanced. But then again, we live in this authoritarian society now where IP **MUST** be enforced!