By filling in niches, such as orbital and sub-orbital flight, once occupied by NASA, private space companies will free up the agency's resources for other missions.Do you mean to say that when Bush spoke so boldly of return to the Moon that he was just paying lip service to space endeavors? Hurray for unfunded mandates!
"NASA's budget is 16.8 billion dollars-six-tenths of one percent of the federal budget," said Chris Shank, special assistant to NASA chief, Michael Griffin. "For us to finish the International Space Station, go to the Moon and then on to Mars is going to require commercial and international investments. NASA can't do it by itself."
Shank says the agency plans to shift some of the workload involved in getting to space onto private businesses, freeing up the agency to focus on its federally mandated Moon, Mars & Beyond mission. This is happening already. For example, NASA recently awarded Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Rocketplane Kistler to deliver crew and cargo to the ISS.
Who is dumber; the man who speaks such bullshit or those who actually believe it?
Regardless, I'm still waiting for the floating tattooed boobies. My childhood dreams are crumbling each day that we aren't building a city in space.
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