SpaceX hopes to launch first manned commercial rocket, Orlando Sentinel
“Asked what bugs them most about NASA outsourcing the job of flying crew to the International Space Station, some astronauts roll their eyes and say: “Dragon.” That’s the name of the capsule being built by SpaceX, the aerospace startup founded by Internet tycoon Elon Musk, a capsule designed to be fully automated. But with no controls to “fly” their ride, astronauts fear they’ll be “Spam in a can” — little more than human cargo. And if they don’t pilot a ship, they worry, how can they keep the fleet of T-38 jets that are the symbol of the astronaut corps?”
