It took a Democrat to kill off human launch capacity completely
Blue I agree 15 bill sounds optimistic. As far as being worth it the astronaut that did that article lays it all out. But say it's 50 bil? We just spent over 800 bil to attempt to get out of a recession. What would non radioactive waste fusion do for us?
Fusion. I love saying it. Rolls right off the tongue. The power of the sun. And eventually the fuel for Back to the Futures' DeLorean
Plus with a resurgent China one would have to be a bit foolish not to take a hard look at mantaining the ultimate high ground overall...
Pete