"routine access to space more than a moon shot" Agreed, but it's possible a moon mission may provide the basis for this. Most NASA engineers in the 1960's wer

"routine access to space more than a moon shot" Agreed, but it's possible a moon mission may provide the basis for this. Most NASA engineers in the 1960's were young, and led by hardcore dudes who lived through WW2 - they were the SpaceX of back then. I worked in space science in the late 1990's and since then - there is a lot of grey hairs protecting their incomes, making sure they can afford to send their kids to Yale. A more 'entrepreneurial' moon-shot, may be the shot in the arm the industry needs. I understand that the technology may differ from 'cheap access' somewhat ... but it would also be a good staging type mission for a Mars mission.