SpaceX Moves Closer to Inaugural Launch of...: After several issues over the last months it finally looks like Elon Musk and his SpaceX team are ready to launch their first Falcon rocket. If successful, and every space explorer wannabe is praying the launch goes well, this could open up the exclusive commercial space launch business for small start-ups with the balls (and money) to take on the establishment. Could SpaceDev, Rocketplane Kistler and others be next?
(Via Commercial Space Watch.)