And yet private space travel is catching on through men like Robert Bigelow and Sir Richard Branson.
NASA is on life support with its 40 year old space bus. If other nations feel the need to fleece their taxpayers for flights that can be done by private industry cheaper and more efficiently, let them. But the government of these US should not follow suit
The owners of the universe are not at all concerned that these hobbyists will siphon off a detectable portion of the global taxable income. True space development will follow withdrawal from the Treaty, which isn't happening.