The White House's "Renewed Spirit of Discovery" document [1] directs the
NASA Administrator to (among many other things):

"Pursue commercial opportunities for providing transportation and other
services supporting the International Space Station and exploration
missions beyond low Earth orbit." (Section D)

This bodes well for companies like SpaceX, SpaceDev, SeaLaunch, etc.,
don't you think?

[1] http://www.whitehouse.gov/space/renewed_spirit.html

Cheers,
- Joe

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