[Dead Corpse]

Again, you are making the case FOR private enterprise doing this. NASA cannot, will not, and is fundamentally incapable of doing things cheaply.

Running around saying it is "too expensive therefore can never be done" is exactly like saying Usain Bolt can't be as fast as he is because you can't sprint that fast with a beer keg strapped to your back.

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[dr_lew]

Running around saying it is "too expensive therefore can never be done" is exactly like saying Usain Bolt can't be as fast as he is because you can't sprint that fast with a beer keg strapped to your back.

I think it's more like saying Usain Bolt will never break the sound barrier.