By Thomas Cannon:
On Saturday, a rocket carrying cargo was launched to the International Space Station. The rocket, created by SpaceX technologies, will be the first non-goverment project to make it to the International Space Station, if everything goes as planned. It is expected that more private companies such as Virgin Galactic, XCOR, and Space Adventures will soon follow. SpaceX is also trying to get contracts for satellites, from TV and GPS. SpaceX's founder, Elon Musk says that his company will be sending people to mars in less than 20 years. He expects it to be done in atleast 15 years. SpaceX will acomplish this goal without NASA, and hopefully everything will go well. Since NASA has dismissed the space shuttle from duty, they have been relying on the Russian space ships to transport astronaughts. While NASA develops a new space ship, they may switch to smaller space companies for sending up astronaughts, instead of relying on the Russians.
Here are some private spaceflight companies, and their vehicles:
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