[AFreeBird]

NASA is the starved runt in the federal budget, and awash in ingenious “sperm” ideas like this. With the shuttle gobbling up virtually all of their budget, it’s a wonder that they get anything else done in space development.

Sounds like it is time to let the X-Prize guys - the private sector - have a go at it. Of course that will also require the FedGov and the UN to get their bureaucratic @$$es out of the way.

[timer]

Quite right. Look at the history of scientific achievement, bureaucrats never discover anything other than hidden rich man’s wealth that they can tax, ie, your basic lawyers/parasites. Yes, I know how AG works, have known for years; but problem : what if you gave EVERYONE in the world their own magic flying carpet(actually a car retrofit)? If you think the mexican FLOOD is bad, multiply that by 500 as the entire third world lands on YOUR lawn....