[Aric2000]

I think that you are being a little too hard on NASA, if this is possible, can you imagine the applications? The possible spacecraft that could be built.

No, I think it is worth pursuing, the possible knock-offs from the technolgy necessary to even experiment could have excellent commercial value.

And $600,000,000 is not much, when you consider the total budget...

[RightWhale]

And $600,000,000 is not much, when you consider the total budget...

It's $600,000, but what's a few decimal points amongst friends?

My quarrel with NASA is that it is a bastard offspring disowned by the White House, Congress, and the Pentagon, and is trying to make its way in a hostile world relying on the generosity of strangers. At first it was the champion coming out of nowhere to put men in space and land on the moon. But then it was realized that NASA was not entitled to the inheritance, and it is permanently down on skid row doing antigravity experiments. Better to put it out of its misery.