Sort of.Already been done! Richard Branson and Burt Rutan have built a spaceship - sent it to space - and are planning a commercial venture. All without governmental help.
http://www.zath.co.uk/virgin-galactic-to-offer-space-tourism-by-2012/
Great. Tell everybody my big secret plan. Sheesh.
Good call. I'd like to see government move from primary actor to promoter and judge in almost anything. Space is a prime example. Let NASA set goals and hand out big cash prizes for achieving them. Get dozens of approaches to a problem considered and tested instead of one.
Already been done! Richard Branson and Burt Rutan have built a spaceship - sent it to space - and are planning a commercial venture. All without governmental help.
http://www.zath.co.uk/virgin-galactic-to-offer-space-tourism-by-2012/
Dude, I just had an awesome idea for a story.
Person in 21st century buys a star for fourty bucks. 200 years later, and his decedents are trying to sue a mining corporation for some of the profits they are raking in from that star.
Heh.
Anywho, yes I know that private industries have made some steps, but this can only increase their efforts.
I hope.
You mean you get more than just the star when you buy one?