B612 Foundation to Announce First Privately Funded Deep Space Mission
“Announcement: On June 28, 2012, the B612 Foundation will announce its plans to build, operate and launch the world’s first privately funded deep space mission-a space telescope to be placed in orbit around the Sun. We will create the first comprehensive dynamic map of our inner solar system showing the current and future locations and trajectories of Earth-crossing asteroids, paving the way to protect the Earth from future impacts and opening up the Solar System to future exploration.”
The Little Prince, for anyone who didn’t get the reference. (B612)
Space X has proven that commercialization works with their success of Falcon/Dragon and now other companies are joining in the “bandwagon”. Which will prove to be more cost-effective to NASA and the public. All I can say is , its about time.