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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.'"
This is a great idea. Since NASA has lost the last 40 years on good scientific research but no exploration, I think it's time for somebody else to take those dollars and try to see if they can make money. It's the same as we have in good IT shops. You have the roving team of experts who design and build your systems [the NASA guys] but you don't waste your best on maintenance. For that, you have another team that lives with each app. This will also force the NASA people to actually DO something.
Wait? There are 'Space X' fanboys???
What a fucking loser.
Those are the clowns who were having trouble even getting their crap to launch, let alone in orbit! What do they have? A 25 percent failure rate!
Let me guess! You're one of those dipshits who so fucking stupid they see the idiots from Space X as the 'teh private sektor' vs 'teh govermet'