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Perspective

Sep. 24, 2014

New tort regime awaits private spaceflight

NASA recently announced Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX as the winners of the Commercial Crew Program. This marks the true commercialization of NASA's human spaceflight program. By Doug Griffith


By Doug Griffith


NASA recently announced Elon Musk's rocket company Space Exploration Technologies Inc., or SpaceX, and venerable aerospace giant The Boeing Company as the winners of the Commercial Crew Program - NASA's system of selecting domestic aerospace companies to replace the Russians as the United States' means of getting its astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).


This marks the true commercialization of NASA's hum...

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