...The second deal, between Beyond-Earth Enterprises and XCOR, could be an indicator of the shape of things to come.
Beyond-Earth plans to buy standardized rocket components from XCOR for small-payload launch vehicles, designed for purposes such as suborbital flight testing or research.
"This is the first step toward making space accessible for commercial ventures," Joe Latrell, Beyond-Earth's chief executive officer, said in the Colorado company's news release. "We want to be instrumental in creating standardized production components. When an airline company or package delivery service needs a new vehicle, they don't build it, they buy it from a company who specializes in airplane or truck production."
Hopefully, resulting in small spacecraft as ubiquitous as UPS trucks. |