[jimkress]

it remains imperative that the US government has a national space policy that facilitates the commercial development of space.

BS! Privatize NASA and then get the government out of the way.

[The_Victor]

The unfortunate reality, at this time, is that there is no profit in human space flight (emphasis on "at this time", but this is subject to change on a daily, perhaps hourly, basis). Privatization will require profitability first.