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>SpaceX is just launching rockets which is what everyone else has been doing anyway

But SpaceX figured out how to do it 6X cheaper than there best competitors and that's just the start.

The rockets aren't yet reusable but dragon is fully reusable and will be very cheap to recertify for flight readiness.

SpaceX, Bigelow Aerospace and ULA.

yep, but dont forget that you'll need another launch of
>>3361573
something that can dock to the module, is pressurized, can move towards and dock with the module.

Soyuz and Progress from existing ones..
Dreamchaser shuttle, Dragon Capsule, CST-100 capsule.. There are multiple manned and unmanned resuply crafts in development.
Skylon spaceplane from more exotic ones.

Implying ending the waste of dollars that was the shuttle and starting something far better (commercial HLV rockets and capsules approach) is not actually a good thing.

The shuttle was a dead end and a mistake. It never made sense to merge heavy lift and personnel transport into one vehicle. It performed both roles sub-optimaly and uneconomicaly. Specialisation of launchers and vehicles is the key to space colonisation.

By the words of Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO: :"Shuttle should have ended 10 years ago."

This is a glorious day, start of something new and better, and we should rejoice!

This one

Pretty sure SpaceX would entertain a serous offer for one of there dragon capsules.

bump for T-20

Next week is pretty rad too, with the first launch of the SpaceX Dragon capsule. A big step towards getting back into space after the Shuttle retires.

>>1636259
Inevitable.

how much is a ride?

The only spacecraft america will have soon