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As private companies erode government s hold on space travel, NASA looks to open a new frontier
Christian Davenport, The Washington Post
Feb. 25, 2021
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The Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center is an iconic symbol of NASA that once housed the Saturn V rocket that took Apollo astronauts to the moon.Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton
The four astronauts who will fly aboard a SpaceX mission by the end of the year will be a bunch of private citizens with no space experience. One s a billionaire funding the mission; another a health care provider. The third will be selected at random through a sweepstakes, and the last seat will go to the winner of a competition.