In article ci.org,
says...

http://www.space.com/15809-spacex-pr...ch-commercial-
spaceflight.html

SpaceX has succeeded in orbiting Dragon and will most likely succeed in
docking with ISS. If that happens customer will line up on droves, NASA
among them.

Don't count your chickens before they're hatched. SpaceX could still
run into problems which would prevent them from docking. NASA isn't
going to let Dragon near ISS unless it passes all of the tests they have
planned. At this point, I'm cautiously optimistic.

Failure to dock with ISS would necessitate fixing the problems and re-
flying the mission. That wouldn't be disastrous, but it would cost time
and money and give Orbital Sciences time to catch up.

My guess is that the corrupt U.S. Senators will now be ordered to order
NASA to purchase the CST-100, which will cost billions to develop if
Boeing gets its way. Mark my words!

To paraphrase my grandfather: Your opinion is worth about $0.02 USD.

Jeff
--
" Ares 1 is a prime example of the fact that NASA just can't get it
up anymore... and when they can, it doesn't stay up long. "
- tinker