Even Though Nasa Tries To Simulate Launch,

I Can't Remember A Single Time [my Parents] Ever Told Me Not To Do Something I Wanted To Do.

It Takes A Few Years To Prepare For A Space Mission.

Astronauts Will Remain The Explorers, The Pioneers-the First To Go Back To Moon And On To Mars. But I Think It's Really Important To Make Space Space Available To As Many People As We Can. It's Going To Be A While Before We Can Launch People For Less Than $20 Million A Ticket. But That Day Is Coming.

We Can See Cities During The Day And At Night, And We Can Watch Rivers Dump Sediment Into The Ocean, And See Hurricanes Form.

Eventually Private Enterprise Will Be Able To Send People Into Orbit, But I Suspect Initially It's Going To Have To Be With Nasa's Help. Whether It's Going To Be A Consortium Or One Entity Remains To Be Seen. I Could Be Wrong. I Could Be One Of The Old Fogies! Rocket Science Is Tough, And Rockets Have A Way Of Failing. It Happens. A Company Has To Be Willing To Bear The Risk Of Its Rocket Failing. It's A Very Large Capital Investment.