Too bad advocating that governmental programs offer pro-entrepreneurial stimulants like tax incentives, property rights in space & competitive prizes for breakthroughs is the Outer Limits of the abovementioned article. The tacitly communicated fall of the Roman Empire imagery is intriguing though.
Yup. Previously I was a major NASA fan, and had no problem with their controlling the space program... but the more and more I read here on FR, the more I realized I was hanging onto the NASA of old....