Space Shuttle To Be Replaced By SpaceX For ISS Resupply

destinyland writes "Next year SpaceX will perform resupply missions for the International Space Station after the Space Shuttle is grounded, as part of a $3.5 billion NASA resupply contract. 'The fledgling space industry is reminiscent of the early days of the personal computer,' notes one technology reporter, 'when a number of established vendors and startups reversed-engineered Microsoft's DOS and manufactured PCs using the Intel 8080 chip set. We're likely to see a similar industry shakeout in the private space vehicle market segment in the coming decades.'"

Comments

Re:If You Can't Lead--Get Out Of the Way

[solevita]

Problem is that all that stuff in space is much harder to get to than Paris, although probably less hostile to foreigners.

640

[interactive_civilian]

640 tonnes of lift capacity ought to be enough for anyone. ;)

Re:Reverse Engineered Microsoft DOS???

[Chris Burke]

If this is like the computer revolution of the '80s, I wonder who will be claiming that we need a rocket on every desk...

A stark contrast to when it was like the computer revolution of the '60s.

<glayven> I predict that in a hundred years, rockets will be twice as powerful, ten thousand times larger, and so expensive only the five riches CEOs in the West will be able to afford them! <glayven>