Rand Simberg wrote:

Actually, I am making my living right now off a major aerospace firm,
though as a consultant. It's in fact not in my financial interest for
CEV to die, but I still think that it's a misbegotten program.



I think the odds of CEV ever getting built and heading Moonwards are
fairly slim.
We are running one hell of a deficit, and NASA looks like a juicy target
when budget cuts come along.
The scenario I think NASA should watch out for is losing a Shuttle on
one of its few last flights- the reaction to that would be so severe
that it might pretty well annihilate the agency.

Pat