On 14 January 2013 21:24, Jerry Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > > One of the really Rich guys (not sure where I read it, but maybe it was > > the Virgin guy) was trying to do missions to space - and was even > > working with NASA - if I am not mistaken. > > NASA's now contracting with private businesses for its launches. > Richard Branson of Virgin and Elon Musk of PayPal and Tesla are among > the entrepeneurs in the business, and I think both are looking at > sending people into space. They're progressing, but still a distance > from actually carrying people. >
2 years apparently. SpaceX carried a payload to the International Space Station last year. Rockets seem to be the current fad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_private_spaceflight_companies -- Paul --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cadwx0+jvgsm-fgubse69jczjva2d07lxh1qjuhczm55cz6u...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
