[RightWhale]

Yeah, I know. My Master's thesis was analyzing the prospects for profit from asteroid mining. Had to figure out the technology, look at the mining industry and world economy, the legal environment. Even calculated some orbits and did some research into rocket science. Presented the report to some hardheaded engineers and scientists and economists. They were skeptical, but eventually bought off on it. Almost 25 years ago.

[Young Werther]

Sounds familiar. I got my MBA in '78 and wrote several papers on the Space Shuttle and O'Neills solar powered generating stations. I read many papers which were presented to the House subcommittee on Space and Technology and was carried away by the promise of mankinds improvment from the wealth that the High Frontier promised. Now its 33 years after Apollo and we're still marking time.

I'm 59, Type II and probably won't see 2019 but I can hope that maybe the small effort I make, to nuture the next generation rocket scientist, will help.