"Whether it’s just a market niche or not remains to be seen."

A SpaceX maiden test flight of its behemoth rocket will mark the company’s latest step toward eventually reaching Mars.

Experts say such a Falcon Heavy mission has the potential to magnify newer private companies’ place in the space industry compared to legacy counterparts.

It can also expand competition in a niche – the heavy-lift rocket – that has been missing from the industry for some time, experts say. But SpaceX would not be alone. 

Read more at the Orlando Sentinel.