SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down After Historic Test Flight
This is a better article on the recovery than the one I linked from TechCrunch.<p>I would like to reiterate the point made before which is that SpaceX is on the verge of being in a place that no company has ever been before with regard to space.<p>The are on the cusp of having a capsule that they can send into orbit for days and then return to Earth. They already have rockets capable of putting tons of material into every orbit level (Low, mid, and geo-stationary). SpaceX is also nearing completion of their own launch facility in Texas.<p>When all of those things are added together, SpaceX can do space 'tourism' like nobody else. They could offer a 'day trip' on a Dragon into orbit. By partnering with Bigelow Aerospace[1] they could launch a habitat into orbit where they could ferry their own paying customers to spend a week in space. With their own launch facility they are freed from the scheduling hassles of the dozens of other clients who compete for space on those launch pads.<p>That would definitely feel like living in the future to me.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.bigelowspaceops.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bigelowspaceops.com/</a>