Private industry reaching for the stars

Yesterday the first private space ship was launched and achieved orbit. Anyone who ever doubts that private industries can achieve marvels should remember June 4th (though I admit that the technology was originally developed by a government agency).

It seems significant that the only criticism that was reported about the project is that it is behind schedule. As if no government program has suffered the same fate; as if NASA had never been behind schedule. Space flight is a complicated thing and I think we would all rather the experts get it right than risk lives.