[anymouse]

We absolutly cannot let China or the EU get ahead of us in space. Do you want to wake up to a communist or socialist moon?

Do you have that much faith in the capabilities of centrally planned economies to think that China or even Europe will advance significantly in manned spaceflight?

Or do you think so lowly of American capitalism as to think we won't be able to do significant manned spaceflight without emulating socialism in a government "Space Program"? We see how well it has worked in the last 30 years. /sarcasm

[Paul_Denton]

Or do you think so lowly of American capitalism as to think we won't be able to do significant manned spaceflight without emulating socialism in a government "Space Program"? We see how well it has worked in the last 30 years.

My point was that we cannot let anyone else catch up. We do not have to worry too much about the EU, but our main competition is China and its economy.