Space Exploration: Boeing and Space-Travel Market

space exploration: Boeing Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg sketched out a Jetsons-like future at a conference Tuesday, envisioning a commercial space-travel market with dozens of destinations orbiting the Earth and hypersonic aircraft shuttling travelers between continents in two hours or less, according to Hamilton Spectator. And Boeing intends to be a key player in the initial push to send humans to Mars, maybe even beating Musk to his longtime goal. "I'm convinced the first person to step foot on Mars will arrive there riding a Boeing rocket," Muilenburg said at the Chicago event on innovation, which was sponsored by the Atlantic magazine. Now the company intends to go toe-to-toe with newcomers such as billionaire Elon Musk in the next era of space exploration and commerce. Like Musk SpaceX, Boeing is focused on building out the commercial space sector near earth as space flight becomes more routine, while developing technology to venture far beyond the moon. Boeing and SpaceX are also the first commercial companies NASA selected to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station. The Chicago-based aerospace giant is working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop a heavy-lift rocket called the Space Launch System for deep space exploration. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.