Temporarily, yes. By 2015 we’ll be putting men in space, not only via space X but with a number of other companies as well. Meanwhile, the manned program at NASA is broke. Not monetarily broke but totally lacking the capability to design and build the architecture for manned space flight. Today’s NASA ain’t the NASA that existed in Neil’s day.
Sure NASA isnt the same, because its been gutted by Obama.
Take away their money, their people, and give them piss poor leadership. By golly they arent the same.
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Witness the J2X engine. "The technology of fifty years ago, taking us to back to space tomorrow!" When the J2 engine was born transistor radios were cutting edge technology, cars had bigger fins than submarines and the Beatles had yet to play Ed Sullivan.
Not that I mind seeing the engine redeveloped. But we are doing in 2012 what should have been done in 1972. The inertia on display is breathtaking.