They really listened

They really listened

Among the recommendations in the Adridge report, is this hopeful news reported by space.com:

"Aldridge said NASA needs to trust the private sector to launch supplies to the space station and then transform the way it does business with launch providers. He said the high level of government oversight on such launches is not necessary.
Aldridge said he also favors getting NASA to agree to buy data from entrepreneurs willing to take the risk of launching their own scientific spacecraft and to adopt more of what is known in the industry as delivery-on-orbit contracts where the government pays only once the contracted spacecraft has been successfully placed in orbit and starts producing data. He said it was one way to reduce the excessive amount of government oversight."

Looks like this Moon-to-Mars commission actually listened to people in the fledgling commercial space industry. If SpaceShip One successfully reaches 100 km on June 21, then that act will be like an exclamation point at the end of the Aldridge report.