[jboot]

"As a matter of fact, it will be the private companies that will play a BIG ROLE in us getting back into space."

That's great! That's SUPER!! When is the first scheduled manned launch?

Oh...right. There isn't. Private industry will only launch men into space when it is predictibly profitable, advantageous and safe to do so, which it will not be in your lifetime or mine. Until then, man in space is a government thing.

[chessplayer]

“That’s great! That’s SUPER!! When is the first scheduled manned launch?

Oh...right. There isn’t. Private industry will only launch men into space when it is predictibly profitable, advantageous and safe to do so, which it will not be in your lifetime or mine. Until then, man in space is a government thing.”

Very true. And only a govt. can marshall the resouces needed for a space program. The idea that private industry can make a viable space program is crap.

[Biggirl]

But in time, that will be the case. Trust me.