Boeing is directly competing with SpaceX to become the first private entity to send people to space, namely send American astronauts to the ISS since NASA had its wings clipped by Congress.
The beginning of the commercial space age may be here, which could mean a lot for humanities place in the stars.
Discuss.
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Edited by iV K0MAT0SE Vi: 9/9/2015 12:24:12 AMWhen you attempt to solve problems never before thought of, you end up with completely novel inventions. Without NASA we wouldn't have a lot of the technology we have today. It needs more than .5% of the budget. I wish people thought this stuff was more important