[maxtheripper]

With no launch vehicle in our stable this really means very little

[2ndDivisionVet]

That you know of.

[buckalfa]

"With no launch vehicle in our stable this really means very little"

You summed it up. Aside from possibly the X37B, America's manned space flight capability is nil at this point in history. I put little faith in Elon Musk or the possibility of a secret space fleet at Area 51. I also know FedGov is broke so a big manned program is unlikely. Then again a space force could be robotic.

[WMarshal]

“With no launch vehicle in our stable this really means very little.”

So you’re totally ignoring all the private sector solutions produced by American companies? What about the Vulcan heavy from SpaceX?

[trebb]

Always a naysayer pessimist in any bunch....wasn’t anything to use when Kennedy envisioned sending a Man to the moon either....the SR-71 was a concept that required invention of technologies/materials to become a reality.....