Comment Re:Partisanship is GREAT for space policy (Score 1) 164
The beauty of Commercial Space is, it doesn't cost taxpayers anything. As a matter of fact, it does the opposite of cost, it generates jobs and tax revenue. The pragmatist in me thinks commercial space corporations need to hurry up and get big enough to graft along with big boys so they can get a place at the troughs of power, and we can get space exploration moving again.
Say what you want about the East India Trading Company, it really tied the planet together...