Space work may take off in Huntsville
NASA narrows field for next spacecraft, which could be developed here

Huntsville's space flight center is hoping to get the X-37, the space plane that is supposed to eventually replace the shuttle. I know that eventually, space flight is going to have to pay for itself -- and that the government will have to move to a regulatory role rather than actually running a space program. But I don't think we're close to that yet.