Here is a crowd-funding campaign for an effort to develop the Exosphere space vehicle in a manner similar to that used for open software: Exosphere Open Hardware Space Shuttle – Indiegogo  –

The open hardware space shuttle project is an effort to bring the masses together to work on a spacecraft that can be owned by anyone. (Government regulations apply) The goal is to design and build a modular, reusable, and affordable space vehicle. Governments are the only ones that had access to space until recently. Privatization of space has opened the possibilities up for everyone.

The main problem we all have at this point is the means or ability. There are no shuttles we can own, yet. Private companies have a lot of capital invested in their designs and need to get a return on those investments. Because of this, the price for a ticket is higher than the annual salary of almost all Americans. By completing a design together – with Exosphere to ensure government regulations, safety standards, and testing are done properly – we could all have the ability to go to space in our lifetimes.