On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:30:08 -0500, Ignoramus28169
wrote:

I have been thinking about this. Getting people into orbit is, well,
rocket science, but all ingredients in it are well known.

So, how come we have to ask the Russians to send our cosmonavts into
orbit? What if the Congress asks NASA to design a very reliable, but
basic, people launching system, with disposable spacecraft? NASA can
surely do it? WTF?

I believe NASA to be a very inefficient organization, despite their
achievements. They probably could design small craft, but they could
not do so cost-effectively at all.

--
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
--Duke Ellington