How To Get Private Enterprise To Pay For Permanent Space Settlements By Alan Wasser Will people ever live and work on the Moon and Mars?
Will the settlement of space take place in your lifetime? Could you ever go? Right now, it doesnt look like any of this will happen in our lifetime, but it could happen if the U.S. Congress passes legislation which would: 1.) save NASA and the taxpayers the cost of developing affordable space transport by allowing private enterprise to assume the burden, 2.) make it possible for ordinary people to purchase tickets and visit the Moon as tourists, scientists, or entrepreneurs, 3.) create vast wealth from what is now utterly worthless, It will take billions of dollars to develop safe, reliable, affordable transport between the Earth and the Moon. Neither Congress nor the taxpayers wants the government stuck with that expense. Private venture capital will support such expensive and risky research and development ONLY if success could mean a multi-billion dollar profit. Today, there is no profit potential in developing space transport, but you have the power to change that. You have the pow
