Is this a new space age founded on the backs of American Entrepreneurs?

[anon45]

The interest in spaceflight among America's tech industry elite is booming!

Virgin Galactic
Orbital Sciences
ULA
Biglowe
SpaceDev
Stratolaunch

and of course SpaceX!

more are stepping on board to get at the vast potential of space
Space startup vows to redefine 'natural resources'

Such vitality is amazing considering throughout the rest of the world and even in the US Space travel has been/is the domain of the nation-state.

Is there such optimism and resources being put forth by private industry on the prospect of space travel and exploitation anywhere else in the world?

Is this the beginning of a new space age?

It is an exciting time to follow US space travel without a doubt, a time of great change and upheaval in the traditional way of things.

 

[lvwilly]

It's a good thing to have some alternatives to NASA.