> This is really amazing considering that Atlas took 13 launches before it reached orbit successfully. Not at all. They have data from those 13 launches and th

> This is really amazing considering that Atlas took 13 launches before it reached orbit successfully. Not at all. They have data from those 13 launches and the rest of the space program, 50 years' worth, to work from. The people footed the basic research, now it is time for the private sector to cash in.