[GonzoGOP]

Well if being an astronaut means flying on a government designed, government built, government owned and government operated spacecraft then yes the US is out of the space race. Of course if you can pay the freight there are some guys who are willing to fly you. And I'm willing to put real money that the Dragon will be flying crews before any ship designed and built by the the National Muslim Outreach Agency does.

[massgopguy]

I remember watching every launch from Project Mercury to the last Shuttle. The Jupiter 2 was supposed to take off for Alpha Centauri in 1998. I thought is was possible when we landed on the moon that the technology would be there. I guess we can watch the Chinese land on Mars with the next wave of technology on our iPads.