perhaps there is a good reason for the retirement of the shuttles and the cancellation of the Constellation program. SpaceX, the only private space launch company IN THE WORLD, could be announcing (spoiler alert, do not follow this link if you want to be surprised tomorrow) this.
Hmm, how do I do this, I want to talk about why this is cool, but if I do I end up ruining the surprise. Who am I kidding, anyone reading my comments here, clearly doesn't care about the surprise. So, with that in mind, let me say that this does make sense, IF they can do it. This rocket, the Falcon 9, is being designed to launch people to the space station. This is what the shuttle did, and what the smaller of the Constellation rockets would have done. Mind you that the bigger Constellation rocket would have been for the new Lunar and Mars missions, but, oh well. Maybe SpaceX can do that in a few years too.
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