> But he suggested the project could make enough progress to begin attracting private funding in another 10 years and aim for full operations by 2050. So priva

> But he suggested the project could make enough progress to begin attracting private funding in another 10 years and aim for full operations by 2050. So private enterprise will finance some project for 30 years before it starts to become operational? Considering that rocket scientists are usually not idiots, it seems that there could be an actually interesting story behind the "90 Minutes" headline.