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Originally Posted by gtc
Wouldn't we get more for our money by writing a check to the privateers?
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Dunno, that's one of the Big Questions. Will the private companies have the drive that is lacking at NASA to push a project through to completion, at whatever cost? Do they even want to go to the Moon (space travel yes, space hotel, yes, but the Moon? I don't know if it's in their business plans...). Can they catch up with NASA, which has 50 years of practice, assets, resources, etc on them?
If properly funded, would NASA be able to do this, or would they boondoggle the whole thing too much?
Making the assumption that we honestly are talking about families paying $100 a year for this...it's a big risk to flip that coin and having the funds go private or public, since no one knows the outcome either way.