Proposed changes in the US and Europe
mean that
uncrewed aircraft of all shapes and sizes could go mainstream in the next couple of years, surveying buildings, fertilising fields, sniffing out pollution and more (see «Civilian drones to fill the skies after law shake - up «-RRB-.
NASA plans to certify the company's vehicles only after they've done an
uncrewed test flight and a crewed test flight,
meaning the first astronauts likely won't fly until late next year at the earliest.