While flights are being set to commence at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California for the first tests of SpaceShipTwo (SS2) to make way for the first human-rated commercial spaceflights from New Mexico in 2011, commercial space policy advocates will seek to advance a commercial ferry for Point-to-Point (P2P) exo-atmospheric spacecraft conceptualized as SpaceShipThree (SS3) inspired by the 1960's design of the Dyna-Soar. Many commercial space launch firms are beginning to consider commercial human spaceflights to the International Space Station and/or probable Bigelow Aerospace commercial space stations over this decade. The success of SS2 in New Mexico in 2011/2012 may serve to inspire commercial options beyond the SpaceX Falcon 9 or the Orbital Sciences Corp. Taurus 2 for future rapid crew exchange in low Earth orbit (LEO).
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