Commercial space

Some really awesome photos of a SpaceX hangar over at the Wired Science blog. They provide a neat glimpse of the large behind the scenes effort required to do actual rocket science on a large scale. A lot of precisely engineered metal alloys has a lot to do with it you would gather. SpaceX is doing some critical work in bringing space a little closer to earth for those without a NASA-level budget behind them, which is mostly everyone. Their newest, biggest rocket, the Falcon 9, launches this year.

More here. I so need a hangar.