[DoughtyOne]

I pretty much agree. I’d sure like to see some big incentives to get the private sector to meet more achievement targets in short order though.

As long as the private sector gets us where we need to go, I think it’s much more healthy. It means that finally we’ll be entering space on for-profit ventures.

I would dearly love to be able to spend a week in a space hotel before I go toes up.

[af_vet_rr]

I pretty much agree. I’d sure like to see some big incentives to get the private sector to meet more achievement targets in short order though.

As long as the private sector gets us where we need to go, I think it’s much more healthy. It means that finally we’ll be entering space on for-profit ventures.

I would dearly love to be able to spend a week in a space hotel before I go toes up.

The private sector has really dipped its toes in the water with Virgin Galactic moving forward, and with SpaceX getting the job done. And speaking of Virgin Galactic, I hope Northrop Grumman doesn't blow it with Scaled Composites. I always worry about these larger aerospace companies taking talented people and great projects and botching them up through mismanagement and bureaucracy.

With Obama and the libs in Congress, and with Romney as the alternative, I think it's going to be a really rough stretch these next several years as the Chinese move forward with their plans.