"C J Campbell" wrote in message ...
This thread is incredibly funny.

We got the Dems worrying about the deficit and saying that a big government
program is bad.

We got the Republicans saying that the deficit is not so bad and that big
government is the answer to space travel.

OK, let me throw in a third alternative - chuck the government altogether,
and let Burt Rutan come up with a way to do it backed by private investors
and some corporate sponsorship logos on the side of the spacecraft!