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Private spacecraft connects to space station

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SpaceX Dragon berths with ISS

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(CNN) -- A private spacecraft connected to the International Space Station on Friday, a milestone in a new era of commercial space flight.

It happened just before 10 a.m. ET when the station's robotic arm captured the unmanned SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The process of attaching the Dragon to the space station was completed at 12:02 p.m. ET.

The process began almost two hours later than planned while engineers fixed part of the radar system aboard the Dragon that measured distance to the space station, NASA said.

"Looks like we caught a Dragon by the tail," astronaut Don Pettit said after capturing the capsule with the robotic arm, according to NASA.

Ashes of 'Star Trek' actor on private rocket

The next step is for the Dragon capsule to unload its cargo, which includes food, clothing, 22 pounds of computer equipment and 46 pounds of supplies for science experiments.

"There's so much that could've gone wrong and it went right," said SpaceX founder Elon Musk, the founder of PayPal, who earlier called the successful capture "awesome."

NASA's space station program manager Mike Suffredini said the spacecraft performed "nearly flawlessly." He said SpaceX did a "fantastic job" in designing and operating the Dragon.

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SpaceX Dragon berths with ISS

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

(CNN) -- A private spacecraft connected to the International Space Station on Friday, a milestone in a new era of commercial space flight.

It happened just before 10 a.m. ET when the station's robotic arm captured the unmanned SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The process of attaching the Dragon to the space station was completed at 12:02 p.m. ET.

The process began almost two hours later than planned while engineers fixed part of the radar system aboard the Dragon that measured distance to the space station, NASA said.

"Looks like we caught a Dragon by the tail," astronaut Don Pettit said after capturing the capsule with the robotic arm, according to NASA.

Ashes of 'Star Trek' actor on private rocket

The next step is for the Dragon capsule to unload its cargo, which includes food, clothing, 22 pounds of computer equipment and 46 pounds of supplies for science experiments.

"There's so much that could've gone wrong and it went right," said SpaceX founder Elon Musk, the founder of PayPal, who earlier called the successful capture "awesome."

NASA's space station program manager Mike Suffredini said the spacecraft performed "nearly flawlessly." He said SpaceX did a "fantastic job" in designing and operating the Dragon.

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Red-Hot Startup Huddle Just Raised $24 Million

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Enterprise file-sharing service Huddle has just raised a whopping $24 million led by Jafco Ventures.

Huddle co-founder Alastair Mitchell said he plans to use the funds to keep up with "phenomenal" demand.

But Huddle was already profitable last year and brings in around $25 million annually. Why would it raise funds?

We caught up with Mitchell to find out why. Here's what we found out:

BUSINESS INSIDER: Why did you guys decide to raise this huge round of funding?

ALASTAIR MITCHELL: It's basically to keep up with demand. We don't need to have the money to keep up cash flow. We've tripled in size every year since we've grown, but the demand we've seen is phenomenal. We've growth 5x in the enterprise sector last year. Users who are buying Huddle in their teams and departments, they are loving it.

In the last 6 months to a year there's been a huge pull from the top saying actually, we don't want to deploy this to small teams and across the organization. We want to displace the existing legacy software we have.To give you an example, we just planned to renew with one of our biggest customers, they grew from 100 users to 3,000 in 8 months. They ripped out and replaced their SharePoint instance. These are big deals led by the CIO, saying we want Huddle to deliver content collaboration that's to our users, that has the scale and security and support for our needs.

BI: Any chance you guys have been speaking with other companies about a potential acquisition?

AM: We've had several offers in the last year alone, we've turned them all down because we're building a big software business. We might be taken up, but our current path is that we're on the path toward an IPO. We have faster growth rates than most of our competition. We're an international business, we're co-headquartered in London and San Francisco. We're seeing international growth and also in the U.S. We see ourselves as a big business IPOing in the next few years.

BI: What are you guys planning on using the funding for?

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Calif.'s Coronado heads 2012 Top 10 beaches list

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Beach goers are seen on the Coronado Beach in Coronado, Calif., May 22, 2012. The Coronado Beach heads this year's list of Top 10 Beaches produced annually by coastal expert Stephen P. Leatherman, also known as "Dr. Beach," director of Florida International University's Laboratory for Coastal Research.

(CBS/AP) Like a Hollywood star, Coronado's 1.5 mile-long beach literally sparkles, thanks to the mineral mica glinting in its sand. That's one of the reasons why Coronado flanked by the iconic hotel featured in Marilyn Monroe's 1958 film "Some Like It Hot" has been named the No. 1 beach in the United States in the 2012 survey by professor Stephen P. Leatherman of Florida International University.

It is the first time "Dr. Beach" has given the top slot to California in the more than two decades that he has been ranking beaches in the United States based on their environmental quality and safety for swimmers.

Coronado Beach, on a peninsula across the bay from San Diego, has near-perfect Mediterranean weather and a postcard backdrop.

"I think it's one of the most super beaches around," said Leatherman, director of FIU's Laboratory for Coastal Research.

Click through this gallery to see other beaches on the Top 10 list.

California's chilly coastal waters have cost its pristine beaches points when they've been up against balmy contenders in Florida and Hawaii in the past. Coronado Beach was runner-up last year to Florida's Siesta Beach. Once a beach tops Leatherman's list, it is retired from consideration for future rankings.

A child chases a sea gull on the Coronado Beach in Coronado, Calif., May 22, 2012. Coronado Beach tops the 2012 list of Top 10 Beaches produced annually by coastal expert Stephen P. Leatherman, also known as "Dr. Beach," director of Florida International University's Laboratory for Coastal Research.

Leatherman said Coronado is great for skim boarding (gliding on the water with a small, finless surfboard) and walking. The wide, flat beach is lined by majestic mansions and the Hotel del Coronado. Known as "Hotel Del," the National Historic Landmark with its peaked red roof was built in 1888 and is the last of California's Victorian seaside resorts.

Coronado is also the name of the swanky-yet-quaint city on a peninsula populated by Navy officers and some of California's wealthiest. It can be reached by ferry boat for a few dollars from downtown San Diego.

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Heads-On: MindWave Lets You Control Mobile Games With Brain Waves

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The Mindwave Mobile headset lets you play games using your mind powers. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired

When you think of mobile gaming, you probably imagine Cut the Rope or Angry Birds tapping, flicking and touching your devices capacitive screen. But now theres a new way to play: with your mind.

The Mindwave Mobile Brainwave Headset is a $130 EEG headset thats compatible with iOS devices, Android phones, and, yes, even desktop computers. The headset measures brainwaves from your forehead changes in electrical activity, really which it then filters with complex algorithms to eliminate any interference from other electronic sources, and narrow down what those brainwaves really mean. Currently, the system can detect concentration, meditation and blinks, and uses these cues to control simple iOS and Android games.

When you put on the headset, you look like a dork. I dont think even Brad Pitt could make this thing look cool. Its definitely not the sort of thing any sane person is going to wear in public, but it actually works.

With the system properly situated on your head, you begin your Mindwave experience by pairing the headset over Bluetooth with your mobile devices free MindWave Mobile Tutorial app. If the headset isnt correctly positioned, an alert switches from Connected to Check fit. It took me about 20 minutes to get the fit just right.

Get a hang of focusing or relaxing with the MindWave Mobile Tutorial.

Once its on, its (theoretically) pretty easy to use. With the tutorial app loaded, you can focus on a math problem or an image onscreen, and watch your concentration levels rise via in-app meter. Conversely, if you relax and take deep breaths, you can monitor how well you can control your meditation levels. The system can also track blinks of different intensities. You can then use these techniques to play one of around 100 compatible desktop and mobile apps via mind control.

I checked out a few games, and overall the system was intriguing but not a replacement for other forms of gameplay control. Yes, the technology does work. Its just not very fun.

Within the MyndPlayer app, theres a product-placement title for Red Bull (the future of advertising, perhaps?) where you have to focus just enough to open up the can. If you focus too much, the can blows up. I blew the can up. MyndPlayer also includes a game of Tug of War, in which different opponents can be defeated by either relaxing or focusing as much as possible. Another app, W.I.L.D., offers a variety of different brain-controlled mini-games and challenges, all focused on navigating waking dreams using the powers of meditation and attention.

Put out a fire using your mind in the W.I.L.D. app.

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‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ Red-Band Trailer – Heads Will Roll

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Posted on Thursday, May 24th, 2012 by Angie Han

So far, the footage weve seen fromAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has been, well, pretty much exactly what youd expect from a movie called Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The secret history of our 16th presidents double life as a hunter of supernatural monsters is a premise thats deeply silly but potentially entertaining, and accordingly, the first trailers have been both kind of dumb and kind of cool.

But I do have one big quibble, and its that we havent seen nearly enough actual vampire hunting. Honest Abe (Benjamin Walker) wields his axe pretty much constantly in the footage weve seen so far, but wheres the satisfying splatter of blood and guts? Fortunately, the new red-band trailer rectifies that situation, offering up plenty of bloodshed, several explosions, a couple of decapitations, and even a bit of what the MPAA might call brief sensuality. Watch the NSFW video after the jump.

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Its impossible to tell from this point whether Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter will turn out to be zippy popcorn entertainment a la Fast Five or a muddled, overwrought mess a la Cowboys & Aliens. But at least it doesnt skimp on the violence, and it looks plenty slick thanks to directorTimur Bekmambetov.

Based on a novel by producer Tim Burtons new BFF Seth Grahame-Smith, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter also stars Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Rufus Sewell, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. It hits theaters June 22.

Synopsis:

The film explores the secret life of our greatest president, and the untold history that shaped our nation. As a young boy, Abraham Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) witnesses the shocking death of his mother, leading him on a path to an ongoing war and ultimately to the presidency he chronicles in a hidden diary. The journal reveals the incredible story of a clandestine warrior who never stopped fighting for the country he led and the people he loved.

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Button heads Grosjean in Monaco

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McLaren's Jenson Button was fastest from Lotus's Romain Grosjean in practice at the Monaco Grand Prix.

The Englishman was one of very few drivers to run the faster of the two tyre types, before a rain shower 15 minutes into the afternoon session.

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso earlier set the pace in the first session, run in beautiful morning sunshine, by 0.365 secs from Grosjean.

Intermittent spells of rain wrecked the rest of the second session.

That meant Button's fastest time of one minute 15.746 seconds, which was 0.392 secs quicker than Grosjean, held for the rest of the afternoon.

Button, whose team-mate Lewis Hamilton was 11th fastest in the afternoon, said: "It's not a lot of running for a Thursday at Monaco. Hopefully Saturday will be a bit better."

The forecast for qualifying day on Saturday is that there is an 80% chance of rain, however.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa, showing improved form after being warned by his team to up his game following disappointing performances so far this season, was third fastest in the second session, just ahead of team-mate Alonso.

Williams driver Pastor Maldonado, who also ran the faster 'super-soft' tyre, was fifth fastest, ahead of Nico Rosberg's Mercedes and Red Bull's Mark Webber.

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi was eighth fastest, ahead of Rosberg's team-mate Michael Schumacher and world champion Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull.

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Stewart turns heads at Road premiere

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All eyes were on Kristen Stewart at the Cannes Film Festival last night, as the Twilight actress turned heads on the red carpet in her a split dress.

The 22-year-old wore a daring cream embroidered halterneck Balenciaga gown with a thigh-high split on the left.

Kristen Stewart flashed some leg in a stunning Balenciaga gown

Stewart's On The Road co-star Kirsten Dunst sported a beautiful fuchsia Christian Dior column dress.

Kirsten Dunst looked pretty in pink

Michael Buble's wife Argentine model Luisana Lopilato also took to the red carpet in a strapless yellow gown.

Luisana Lopilato looked summery in a bright yellow gown

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NASA Builds Recommendations To Preserve Lunar Sites

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May 24, 2012

Lee Rannals for RedOrbit.com

NASA announced guidelines established to try and protect lunar historic sites as engineers and scientists aim their sites for the moon.

The new guidelines will be taken into account by the X Prize Foundation as it judges mobility plans submitted by 26 teams trying to become the first privately-funded entity to visit the moon.

NASA said it recognizes that both nations and the companies have ambitions to reach the moon, so it wanted to develop the recommendations to preserve areas like mans first lunar steps.

The space agency is cooperating with the X Prize Foundation and the Google Lunar X Prize teams to develop the recommendations.

NASA and the next generation of lunar explorers share a common interest in preserving humanitys first steps on another celestial body and protecting ongoing science from the potentially damaging effects of nearby landers, the space agency said in a press release.

NASA said it assembled the guidelines using data from previous lunar studies and an analysis of the unmanned lander Surveyor 3s samples after Apollo 12 landed in 1969.

Experts from the historic and scientific communities also helped to contribute to the recommendations. The guidelines are not mandatory U.S. or international requirements, but are recommended to ensure landmarks created by the Apollo mission remain in place.

During the Google Lunar X Prize, the first place prize will go to the privately-funded team that builds a rover that lands successfully on the moon, and explores it by moving at least one-third of a mile while returning high-definition footage back to Earth. The winner of this prize will be awarded $30 million.

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NASA: Research Shows Existence of Reduced Carbon on Mars

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PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, May 24, 2012 Source: NASA Science Mission Directorate

NASA: Research Shows Existence of Reduced Carbon on Mars

NASA-funded research on Mars meteorites that landed on Earth shows strong evidence that very large molecules containing carbon, which is a key ingredient for the building blocks of life, can originate on the Red Planet. These macromolecules are not of biological origin, but they are indicators that complex carbon chemistry has taken place on Mars.

Researchers from the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington who found reduced carbon molecules now have better insight into the chemical processes taking place on Mars. Reduced carbon is carbon that is bonded to hydrogen or itself. Their findings also may assist in future quests for evidence of life on the Red Planet. The findings are published in Thursday's online edition of Science Express.

"These findings show that the storage of reduced carbon molecules on Mars occurred throughout the planet's history and might have been similar to processes that occurred on the ancient Earth," said Andrew Steele, lead author of the paper and researcher from Carnegie. "Understanding the genesis of these non-biological, carbon-containing macromolecules on Mars is crucial for developing future missions to detect evidence of life on our neighboring planet."

Finding molecules containing large chains of carbon and hydrogen has been one objective of past and present Mars missions. Such molecules have been found previously in Mars meteorites, but scientists have disagreed about how the carbon in them was formed and whether it came from Mars. This new information proves Mars can produce organic carbon.

"Although this study has not yielded evidence that Mars has or once may have supported life, it does address some important questions about the sources of organic carbon on Mars," said Mary Voytek, director of NASA's Astrobiology Program at the agency's Headquarters in Washington. "With the Curiosity rover scheduled to land in August, these new research results may help Mars Science Laboratory scientists fine-tune their investigations on the surface of the planet by understanding where organic carbon may be found and how it is preserved."

Scientists have theorized that the large carbon macromolecules detected on Martian meteorites could have originated from terrestrial contamination from Earth or other meteorites, or chemical reactions or biological activity on Mars.

Steele's team examined samples from 11 Martian meteorites from a period spanning about 4.2 billion years of Martian history. They detected large carbon compounds in 10 of them. The molecules were found inside grains of crystallized minerals.

Using an array of sophisticated research techniques, the team was able to show that at least some of the macromolecules of carbon were indigenous to the meteorites themselves and not contamination from Earth.

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NASA Hosting $1.5 Million Autonomous Rover Contest

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The competition will be held June 16, where NASA will award prize money based on how well the robots complete phase two

NASA is holding a competition for the creation of autonomous rovers in Massachusetts next month, which will ideally be used forplanetary missionsin the future.

The competition, called the Sample Return Robot Challenge, will allow private and public teams to compete in a contest for the best autonomous robot for future space missions. NASA is spending $1.5 million total on the contest, which will be held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts.

NASA is looking for a team that can create an unmanned, smaller robot that is approximately 1.5 cubic meters and 175 pounds. The winning robot must be able to explore many types of environments, search for specific items and collect them. However, the robot cannot use GPS or an internet connection because these kinds of systems are restricted to Earth. It also cannot use air-cooling or ultrasonic rangefinders because of the lack of air in other planetary environments.

Phase one of the challenge is to have each of the competing robots collect a sample within a quarter of an hour. When this task is successfully completed, robots can move on to phase two, where they are expected to collect 10 separate samples in just two hours and return them to a certain area.

There are currently 11 final teams that will compete. Some of the contenders include the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Waterloo, SpacePRIDE, and True Vision. All teams are U.S. and Canada-based.

NASA is ultimately looking for an autonomous rover that can be sent on planetary missions in the future to collect certain items in varied terrains.

Last May, NASA bid farewell to itsMars rover named Spirit, which spent six years exploring Mars before falling silent for an entire year and finally being put to rest. Later, in November 2011, NASA launched a new Mars rover called Curiosity to the Red Planet in an effort to continue exploring the Martian surface.

NASA rover Curiosityis a $2.5 billion nuclear-powered machine meant for the exploration of Mars in hopes of finding evidence of microscopic life. It is the size of a Mini Cooper, and about four times as heavy as the Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers. Curiosity has a large robot arm, a weather station, a laser that can vaporize rocks at seven meters, a percussive drill, and 4.8kg of plutonium-238.

The competition will be held June 16, where NASA will award prize money based on how well the robots complete phase two.

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Future Mars Mission Submissions Pour In To NASA

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May 25, 2012

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NASA said it has received 400 mission concepts from scientists and engineers for a future Mars mission.

Scientists and engineers submitted their ideas to the Concepts and Approaches for Mars Exploration Workshop in Houston, which was an event put together by NASAs Mars Exploration Program.

Both individuals and teams submitted their visions to the NASA program for a new strategy to explore the Red Planet.

The space agency is reformulating the Mars Exploration Program to enable it to reach high-priority science goals, as well as President Barack Obamas ambitions to have man walk on Mars in the future.

This strong response sends a clear message that exploring Mars is important to future exploration, John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for NASAs Science Mission Directorate, said in a press release. The challenge now will be to select the best ideas for the next phase.

NASA will be selecting certain concepts out of the 400 for a workshop June 12 through 14, which will be hosted by the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston.

The scientists behind the ideas that are selected for the workshop will be invited to present and discuss concepts, options, capabilities and innovations aimed at advancing mans reach for the study of Mars.

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NASA Receives Widespread Concepts for Future Mars Missions

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PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, May 24, 2012 Source: NASA Science Mission Directorate

NASA Receives Widespread Concepts for Future Mars Missions

WASHINGTON -- NASA's call to scientists and engineers to help plan a new strategy to explore Mars has resulted in almost double the amount of expected submissions with unique and bold ideas.

About 400 concepts or abstracts were submitted to the Concepts and Approaches for Mars Exploration Workshop in Houston, which was organized to gather input for the reformulation of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. Submissions came from individuals and teams that included professional researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, NASA centers, federal laboratories, industry, and international partner organizations.

NASA is reformulating the Mars Exploration Program to be responsive to high-priority science goals and President Obama's challenge of sending humans to Mars orbit in the 2030s.

"This strong response sends a clear message that exploring Mars is important to future exploration," said John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate at the agency's headquarters in Washington and an astrophysicist and astronaut. "The challenge now will be to select the best ideas for the next phase."

Selected abstracts will be presented during a workshop June 12-14 hosted by the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston. Selectees are now being invited to present and discuss concepts, options, capabilities and innovations to advance Mars exploration. Workshop discussion will help inform a strategy for exploration within available resources beginning as early as 2018, and stretching into the next decade and beyond. Proceedings will be streamed live online.

"Developing abstracts is very time consuming, requiring intense preparation, and we appreciate the fabulous response," said Doug McCuistion, director, NASA's Mars Exploration Program in Washington. "Even though space is limited, to ensure transparency in the process anyone can observe the scientific and engineering deliberations via the Web."

Based on the abstracts selected, associated working groups will consider the ideas and concepts in depth during the workshop. Near-term ideas will be taken into consideration for early mission planning in the 2018-2024 timeframe, while mid- to longer-term ideas will inform program-level architecture planning for 2026 and beyond.

The Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG), tasked with developing options for a reformulated Mars Exploration Program, will consider the workshop inputs for the various options, taking into consideration budgetary, programmatic, scientific, and technical constraints.

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Astronauts snare SpaceX Dragon capsule: NASA

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon cargo ship on Friday, the first privately owned vehicle to reach the orbital outpost. Using the station's 58-foot long (17.7-meter) robotic crane, NASA astronaut Don Pettit snared Dragon at 9:56 a.m. EDT (1356 GMT) as the two spacecraft zoomed 250 miles over ...

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SpaceX Flight Launches: Could Private Space Make NASA Irrelevant?

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon capsule lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force station

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Talk about outsourcing.

NASA took a giant leap toward effective irrelevance today with the 10:43 AM launch of the Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Youve never heard of the Falcon 9? How about PayPal, then? Good, because they were both produced by the same guyentrepreneur and all-around brainiac Elon Musk. Get used to the name since before long he may be the only guy who can get Americans into space.

(See the top 50 space moments since Sputnik.)

When President Obama took office nearly two years ago, he inherited a mess of woes from the outgoing administration, but ex-President Bush did leave him one gem: a re-invigorated NASA that was working aggressively to put human beings back on the moon. Spacecraft were being designed, boosters were being built, factories were being re-tooled, metal was being cut. That came essentially to a halt with a new White House policy to scrap the new lunar program, stand down the new boosters and leave it largely to the private sector to build rockets and ferry Americans into orbit. The moon would be taken off the table, but other deep space destinations such as asteroid flybys would still be a possibilitysomeday.

(See a video tour of SpaceXs facilities.)

Two big firms are currently vying to be the governments prime supplier: Orbital Sciences, in Dulles, Va., and SpaceX, based in Texas and California. SpaceX is Musks operation, and the company vaulted to a big lead with its launch today. In July, a Falcon 9 successfully put a mock-up of the companys Dragon space capsule into orbit. Todays flight is a two-orbit, 3 hr. and 30 min. mission, which is intended not just to get the Dragon payload into space, but return it successfully for a splashdown in the Pacific.

(See the top 10 NASA flubs.)

Thats the smallest of small potatoes for NASA, but big news for the private sector. If the mission is successful, it positions SpaceX to become the principle taxi service to and from the International Space Station. That will become especially important next year when the space shuttles are retired, leaving Americans dependent on Russian Soyuz spacecraft to get to and from orbit.

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