There's a lot to be anounced yet in the area Space flight. Nasa has been trying to put down this private space movement. I'm sure the Falcon 9 will succeed in the near future. But I have a big concern about this up coming flight. Nasa has set up this first flight right in the publics view. What's the odds of a first flight of a new rocket succeeding ? Even the Ares didn't make it. Fortunately it didn't blow up.
If the Falcon 9 does succeed to have successful first flight followed by the Taurus II around June, The era of Spaceflight could rein in real fast and change this whole century.
There's a lot of buzz about that VSIMER propulsion system too. I know little about it, but going to have to do some reading on it.
Elon has been putting time into Tesla. got an IPO there and there's a bad need for a manufacturing plant. The present setup can't keep up with the orders. I don't know how he's finding the time for everything that's happening.
If Blue Origan comes out of the closit this year, that's going to be another hot topic.