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Friday, May 25, 2012

postheadericon Congress: SpaceX made history on Friday

Members of Congress marked the historic dock of the privately owned SpaceX Dragon with the International Space Station on Friday. Lawmakers, like any one else interested in following the first step into the commercial era of space travel, followed along with Twitter updates from NASA and SpaceX since the successful rocket launch Tuesday. 

Some members of Congress have been hesitant to embrace the privatization of the space transport business, but the successful first-ever docking of a private spacecraft with the International Space Station on Friday sent many to Twitter to celebrate.

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