> I hope within my lifetime we have some disruption in this space and NASA stops constantly taking blatant advantage of its near monopoly on space exploration.

> I hope within my lifetime we have some disruption in this space and NASA stops constantly taking blatant advantage of its near monopoly on space exploration. I think that with Mangalyaan well on its way to Mars we can probably - barring a mission-crippling accident - say that the disruption is in progress.