Private Space Flight

[Skeptic]

Now that the first commercial, private spaceship had flown, I'll bet Microsoft is going to fund one for publicity purposes.

Get ready for "Blue Sky of Death" error messages.

 

[Soapy Sam]

I believe Paul Allen's funding of Scaled Composites comes from his own funds, rather than from Microsoft itself. Of course it's all extorted from innocents like you and me.

 

[TillEulenspiegel]

Well regardless of where the dollars came from, the advent of commercial space flight bodes well for development of both spaceflight and all the adjunct technologies. After all the private sector can do about anything cheaper and faster then the government.