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"Jonathan" wrote:

Another massive safari to the moon leaves
us nothing lasting, nothing is jump-started
as in the US air-mail jump-starting commercial
aviation.

That may or may not be true. Griffin has repeatedly expressed
willingness for commercial space services, including station resupply,
and the same may apply to lunar activities by the time we get there.
Things are different now from when the first Apollo program launched --
back then, only major governments could get even close to space. Now
there are a lot of commercial players who are not far behind (or even
ahead of, in some ways) NASA. This may well result in a different
outcome.

Best,
- Joe