Space X has done it! They made it to orbit where only Governments have trod.
Space.com had this to say:
"The spaceflight company Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, launched the world's first commercial space capsule into orbit and returned to Earth today in a huge leap forward for California-based company, private spaceflight and NASA's plan to rely on such spacecraft in the future.
SpaceX's first Dragon space capsule, as it is known, blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 10:43 a.m. EST (1543 GMT) today (Dec. 8), completed two orbits around Earth and then splashed down in the Pacific Ocean 500 miles (nearly 804 km) off the coast of Mexico to end what appears to be a successful demonstration flight. On Dec. 8, 2010, SpaceX joined a realm previously only occupied by national space agencies when it launched the private Dragon spacecraft into orbit and returned it to Earth successfully. "
They made it! What an incredible day! Space is now accessable by private industy. It's no longer the realm of the Government. This pic above is something we will see alot more of. Private enterprise can take people to orbit and space stations and soon the moon. I am so excited.
Congratulations Space X!
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