Lost in space

This also from Air Force News. A successful test of the Falcon I launch vehicle here recently put the Air Force one step closer toward acquiring a less expensive means for lifting payloads into space.

On its maiden flight, Falcon I will carry a Defense Department satellite. This flight follows the launch of the last Titan IV here in late summer, officials said. This is the first of three scheduled Falcon I launches for the Space and Missile Systems Center at nearby Los Angeles Air Force Base.

You don't hear about the space program anymore in the news. Used to be every launch was a major story. Now they routinely send the space shuttles up to the space stations and you barely see it mentioned. As for these low-earth orbit launches, except for the guy who took the first subspace joyride, you don't really hear of those at all.

Don't you wonder how much junk they have sent into low orbit without bothering to tell us?