If they succeed in evolving this to a higher level of sophistication and functionality people will point to this mission as the start of it all.
If they fail they will point at this mission as an example of a foolish pursuit that should have been left in the hands of government agencies.
Either way this is, without a doubt, the start of the private sector launching into space exploration. Nobody can point to any other private mission that launched a capsule, docked at the space station and then returned cargo to earth.
If they fail they will point at this mission as an example of a foolish pursuit that should have been left in the hands of government agencies.
Either way this is, without a doubt, the start of the private sector launching into space exploration. Nobody can point to any other private mission that launched a capsule, docked at the space station and then returned cargo to earth.
put in other terms:
$ git commit -a -m 'Here we go!'