Armadillo Aerospace is making step-by-step progress in its goal of building a reusable manned spaceflight system capable of reaching orbit. The same AA STIG-A rocket was successfully launched on suborbital flights in both December and January from Spaceport America in New Mexico. The company is already working on the STIG-B, which is designed to be a reusable launcher capable of reaching orbit. The STIG-B is scheduled for a test flight in the spring.
AA is also in a partnership with Space Adventures to develop a manned suborbital spacecraft. Seats on those commercial flights would go for $102,000-- half the cost of a ticket on a Virgin Galactic suborbital.
Reusability, of course, would be a huge step forward in truly opening the space frontier. Fleets of private craft capable of flying multiple missions to orbit would allow any number of exciting projects-- which would push technology even further.
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