The sequestration has ruined commercial crew

[Skipjack]

As I predicted!
Thanks congress! You suck ass!
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/04/ ... late-2017/
So much for "is not going to happen".
Yeah I see that now. They should have capped the rocket to nowhere, the fracking Senate Launch System, defense contractor pork crap rocket instead.
But of course they would never do that, because defense spending can never be too wasteful and can be sold to the public as civilian cost. Just makes it clear that the defense spending in the US is much higher than just the DOD expenses.
Thanks, Hutchinson, Wolf, Shelby and co! Good job! Hope you are really proud of yourselves!

[MSimon]

We have the same problem in other areas of government which are wholly owned subsidiaries of various factions.

"The Latin American drug cartels have stretched their tentacles much deeper into our lives than most people believe. It's possible they are calling the shots at all levels of government." - William Colby, former CIA Director

[MSimon]

As I predicted!
Thanks congress! You suck ass!
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/04/ ... late-2017/
So much for "is not going to happen".
Yeah I see that now. They should have capped the rocket to nowhere, the fracking Senate Launch System, defense contractor pork crap rocket instead.
But of course they would never do that, because defense spending can never be too wasteful and can be sold to the public as civilian cost. Just makes it clear that the defense spending in the US is much higher than just the DOD expenses.
Thanks, Hutchinson, Wolf, Shelby and co! Good job! Hope you are really proud of yourselves!

The problem is that space is not privately funded. Nor windmills. Nor solar cells.

But you know - ending Prohibition would fund space handsomely with money left over.