SpaceX Dragon Captured!

Today is a historic day! SpaceX Dragon, a commercial unmanned spacecraft, was captured by the International Space Station (ISS). It is a year after NASA retired the 30-year-old shuttle program and turned to industry to pick up on the job. I would say plans worked perfectly. Just as we saw the boom of technology and computer industry in the early 2000 after internet was no longer something government was using internally, expect a boom of space industry, exploration, and new discoveries! Government took risks, made the large investments, matured the technology, and now started the commercialization process.  This is done so nicely since NASA is handling the ISS section's mission control and SpaceX the SpaceX Dragon.  They are working together and NASA is transitioning a lot of knowledge and skill set.  A new exciting era has begun!

References:

[1]  http://www.spacex.com/updates.php
[2] http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
[3] http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57441570-76/success-space-station-snags-spacex-dragon-capsule/