Key Space Entrepreneur Warns Against SS1 Enthusiasm Overshadowing Technological Realities

Credit: SPACEX PHOTO BY DOUG KIM
The Burt Rutan SpaceShipOne program has solved few, if any, cost and technological challenges that must be overcome for commercially viable human orbital flight, according to entrepreneur Elon Musk, developer of the low-cost SpaceX Falcon commercial booster. While unmanned, the Falcon has equally...

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