[RonBush]

I am excited by the prospect of unleashing to power of private enterprise in space. I think this is very good news and I am now more optimistic about our future in space.

This is the first article I have posted here so please excuse me if I made any mistakes, and send me a private email about any mistakes.

It only let me post the first 100 words, so I suggest you click the link to read the whole article.

[RonBush]

Ping

[CharlyFord]

I'm almost speechless! A $30 million purse?!

You do realize that $30 million would not pay NASA's water bill.

All of NASA's hardware was built by private industry, lowest bidder!

Every launch vehicle and satellite the U.S. has put in space was built by private industry, lowest bidder!

I'm sorry! I can't deal with the magnitude of this ignorance.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks RonBush.

[PIF]

Yawn.
More robots - fast talkers looking for a buck.

Next manned mission to the moon will not be any of those corporations mentioned in the article. Look for the Chinese to be the next to send a manned mission to the moon.

Naturally, once the Chinese take the moon, they will militarize it, treaty be dammed. On to the La Grange points for the final coup of total control of the Earth's surface.

Meanwhile back in the former USA, private firms will be competing for package and pizza delivery and routes to various Chinese lunar settlements.

The rest of the former USA will be passionately debating the finer points of social justice, Muslim outreach, and general navel contemplating studies...

and so on...