Privatizzare la Stazione Spaziale Internazionale!

Slashdot - NASA to Privatize ISS Missions: "Brian Young writes 'Nasa is looking for private companies to take over the business of transporting astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station. ''Certainly this is an opportunity for the new space companies,' said Jim Banke, head of Florida operations for The Space Foundation industry trade association. 'They've been lobbying NASA hard for something like this for years.' NASA hopes to supplement, and eventually replace, crew and cargo flights to the space station that had been planned for the shuttle fleet.' One has to wonder how much money can be saved by NASA that can be put to use elsewhere, such as trying to figure out how to put together a manned mission to Mars, if they no longer have to dish out the tremendous amount of money that getting astronauts and cargo to the ISS requires.'"

A me sembra piu' un accordo di outsourcing che una vera e propria privatizzazione, ma e' sempre meglio che niente. Ogni piccolo passo verso il coinvolgimento del settore privato nello spazio e' un passo verso l'apertura di una nuova frontiera, virtualmente illimitata.