[lavaroise]

My thoughts are with the families of the astronauts. Perhaps private space exploration will have a better future. American explorers were motivated by market forces rather than the bureaucratic largess of NASA.

Not the market but military men made this nation. THe NASA should be under military command as is done in Europe and the Soviet Union. Other ventures should go private of course. But this Kennedy politization of NASA is a double edged sword.

[society-by-contract]

Not the market but military men made this nation. THe NASA should be under military command as is done in Europe and the Soviet Union. Other ventures should go private of course. But this Kennedy politization of NASA is a double edged sword.

There is no doubt strategic military forts on the frontier, especially at key river confleuences, facilitated the westward expansion on the American frontier. However, they were predominantly private individuals who thought they could, after a long time, *risk* and hard work earn a better living for themselves and thier families who 'tamed' the frontier; forts were few and far between in the West. It is a good Sunday to pull the relevant volumes down from my Time Life's Old West series (printed 1974-1979). As for the majority of NASA's functions, they should be privatized.