Jeff Foust wrote an excellent article dated December 29th and titled "A year-end reality check". In it he argues that the launch industry is in a funk, and not launching at a "blistering pace" as one newsletter claimed. Read his article for details.
In another article on the same date, also on the Space Review website, Taylor Dinerman discusses the rockets that should be the future of the launch industry, as opposed to its current, lethargic present. With luck, the X Prize will be won by one of these companies in 2004.
Posted by Tom Nugent at January 5, 2004 12:09 AM