On the day where all the talk is around financial bailouts and economic meltdowns, there was one piece of incredible news.  We now have a commercial orbital launch industry in the US.  The Falcon 1 vehicle from Space X became the first privately designed, funded, and operated launch vehicle to achieve earth orbit.  Now THAT’s an achievement.  And from what I can see – they’re not going to be the only ones for long, there’s a good many other companies looking to follow up this momentous occasion.  This is the foundation we needed to get everything from perfect ball bearings to high volume pharmaceutical refining to orbiting solar power plants to resource extraction from off world bodies.  And it starts today – and hopefully will keep expanding.  My fingers are crossed that we can make this new revolution stick and not end up in a Fallen Angels world.