SpaceX COTS Demo Recap, Part IV

Space Exploration Technologies Founder, CEO and CTO Elon Musk boldly compares the capabilities of his company's $400 million Dragon spacecraft to the $4.8 billion Orion project being developed in a more traditional NASA model, and comments on how the COTS Program parallels the role of early US Air Mail contracts in launching the Golden Age of Aviation.

This feature is in addition to our daily news briefing -- available in either a quick "Touch And Go" format, or an expanded Aero-Briefing -- where you'll hear these stories:

The Future of Aviation Advisory Committee delivers its report.

GA needs ASAP-type immunity for voluntary safety reports.

And NTSB calls for an end to the lap-child era.

...And more

ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 12.17.10 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program)

ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 12.17.10 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program)

ANN Special Feature: Part IV: SpaceX COTS Demo Recap - 12.17.10 (ANN Special Report, with Space Exploration Technologies Founder, CEO and CTO Elon Musk)

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