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You need to Re-Read me, ZDNet -- We AGREE...

My whole "semi-rant" was that NASA largely PREVENTED private enterprise from doing the actual "grunt work" part of space exploration for most of the past 50 years... For a LONG TIME, the government and Air Force treated NASA as a sort of national security issue, and while they were more than happy to let GOVERNMENT-OWNED-AND-OPERATED ROCKETS send private communications satellites and so forth into space, the impression I got all during the 70s and 80s, at least, was that allowing private companies to actually develop and launch THEIR OWN space-capable vehicles was verboten, considered something of a "national security issue," perhaps because of the Cold War?

So my whole point is that we should have had PRIVATE ENTERPRISE working on this sort of project A LONG TIME AGO... It's a WHOLE LOT BETTER than private enterprises favorite NEW high-profit industry -- especially for the Military-Industrial complex -- a slow-burning, unending "war on terror" almost TOTALLY outsourced to private companies like Haliburton and Blackwater with no-bid contracts at HIGH profit rates and paid by American tax dollars while projects to help the poor or pay for medical care for everyone are cut or non-existent.

Everyone read Naomi Klein's 2007 book "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" for a REAL eye-opening experience on just what is REALLY going on with global capitalism and the so-called "free market." The level of lies we're being told and how much of our money is being blown to enrich a few big corporations is mind-blowing! A bit off-topic, I know, BUT, my point is, private enterprise doing space travel is finally something RIGHT for a change.

Posted by: Jeff Hayes   Posted on: 01/23/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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