FAA Setting Up Commercial Spaceflight Center 113
coondoggie writes "The FAA this week took a step closer to setting up a central hub for the development of key commercial space transportation technologies such as space launch and traffic management applications and setting orbital safety standards. The hub, known as the Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation, would have a $1 million yearly budget and tie together universities, industry players, and the government for cost-sharing research and development. The FAA expects the center to be up and running this year."
Re:There will never be commercial spaceflight (Score:5, Informative)
There is nothing in space. Where would you go? In other words, once the novelty-seekers got their thrills, what's the motivation?
Precious metals and other mineral resources [bbc.co.uk], for one.