SpaceX this week proved they could develop and launch a privately founded space vehicle capable of putting large payloads and even astronauts into orbit.
For a long time it was assumed space flight was one of those untouchable things only governments with large pockets could afford to do. I think this is one of those big bets that proves that putting objects into Earth orbit has now been commoditized to the point where private companies can do this cheaper, faster and better than NASA.
It is time for NASA to move on to bigger and better things, such as travel to MARS.
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