John Moore
2008-06-19 21:03:30
Compared to the Shuttle debacle, the current program is absolutely stellar (pardon the pun). There are still things the government is needed for in space exploration, so we need a NASA and will have to accept that it will do as government agencies usually do: spend more than budgeted and design systems that don’t work as well as expected. But at least they are going back to a proven design: make a big rocket that is essentially an ICBM, stick a simple vehicle on top of it, and light it off.
So far, private space efforts have been impressive, but are far from taking humans to orbit. Let us hope that changes. Cooperation between private enterprise and the government is the way to go.
