cgbg, you haven’t been paying attention to SpaceX lately, have you?
They are getting things done that NASA never could do, and in 10% of the time. Why land a rocket and re-use it, when you can just get the taxpayers to buy you another one.
When it comes to [anything] the private sector does it faster and cheaper.
Elon Musk will have us back on the moon in a couple of years.
See the article linked in post 159.
Elon Musk is depending on NASA for some critical elements of a manned moon landing.
He will have to totally decouple from them to make it happen.