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To: maine-iac7
...It would take decades for privae industry to gear up...

Private industry is already geared up and launching vehicles and have been for decades.

United Launch Alliance (Lockheed Martin/Boeing) has the Atlas V, Delta IV and Delta II. SpaceX has launched two Falcon 1's and is prepping a Falcon 9 for launch this summer.

The problem is non of these are man-rated.

19 posted on 04/03/2010 2:02:29 PM PDT by FReepaholic (Are Christians allowed to eat deviled eggs?)
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To: FReepaholic
The company that sells Soyuz rides to the ISS for about 20 million a pop is also selling a trans-lunar (free return) ride for 100 million.

I wish some billionaire (actually I think they need to sell two seats) would bite at this. A trans-lunar human flight now would be a breath of fresh air and would really spotlight the error of our parochial president regarding U.S. manned space travel.

(Of course the fact that the Soviets/Russians have so far only sent some turtles or mice around the moon (way back in Zond) might not inspire much confidence in a prospective billionaire space tourist.)

21 posted on 04/03/2010 3:01:33 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (What (child) would Mohammad do?)
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To: FReepaholic

Space-X plans a crew capsule for their Falcon rocket.


22 posted on 04/03/2010 3:06:42 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (What (child) would Mohammad do?)
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