On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:32:38 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

I too am happy, NASA just spent money with little return on investment
other than enriching some military contractors and piles of receipts:
(

Its time for private industry to take over


What "private industry"? In the first place, the "private companies"
will not be building rockets with their own capital or capital they
raise privately but with money from the administration, $6 billion
over three years or something like that, and still working with NASA.
The relationaship may change somehow, but the flow of money from what.
And where are these private astronaust

Second, if Boeing, ILA, or Lockmart get in on the act, guess what?
The same "private industry" who got the money before under contracts
will still get it. And who has to facilities and the simulators to
train private astronauts? Back to NASA again.

So .... what was your point again?