Here we go!

Space X corporation has launched their Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. This is good in that NASA can contract them to supply the ISS when the shuttle is officially retired later this year. Perhaps with corporate competition, we will finally see some exciting and ground breaking space exploration.
Hopefully contracting the delivery arm of space exploration (The shuttle was just a glorified, albeit awesomely cool super, delivery truck) to private industry will allow NASA to focus on more robotic exploration of the solar system. It is neat to see people in space, but robotic probes have been far more useful for science than personed space flight has been.
Besides, Space X has way cooler names for their vehicles: “Falcon” rocket, “Dragon” cargo module…

Now we are heading for a true space age! If only I were not too old to sign on to be an asteroid miner…

Watch the skies! (Literally – there is a new comet become naked eye visible soon!)

Scott

PS I have still not received ANY suggestions for the blog title, thus it remains “Scott Evolves” for now. Come on my loyal three readers!