I heard some 'poor guy' complaining that he couldn't get out of Houston because he couldn't cash his GovCheck. That's who would buy the $5 tickets. There is no way anything can possibly beat the corporations. The Big 100, or Big 500, might be Big enough to do outer space development. What is the corporate status of Rutan? I'll tell you, once you go corporate, the individual is out of the loop. Be on the Board of Directors, or be an employee, the Corporation will kick the individual out even if the move would be considered suicidal to business. See, corporations are inherently immortal. Sony will survive even without its guiding genius and no iPod. GM will survive even without its soul or hybrid drivetrain. Corporations will look at outer space as soon as they can get some property rights; the $5 guy doesn't know anything about property rights or corporations.
You’re right, and that’s precisely the problem with any gambling, whether it is the state or federal government running the program.
I am wrong, there is no way to run a program like this without it leading to disaster.