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NASA on CrackFor Immediate Release The private sector not NASA should take the lead in any manned space missions to the moon and beyond. [Hong Kong – September 21, 2005] Simon Patkin, Director of Capitalist Solutions labeled NASA’s plans to return to the moon as NASA on crack. Based in Hong Kong and taking up comments by Michael Griffins, NASA administrator that they are building a NASA on steroids, Mr. Patkin said, “NASA has a poor long-term record of massive overspending and equipment failure. This kind of performance is something one expects from a drug junkie dependent on handouts not an agency charged with boldly going where no man has gone before.” He added that hard-working American taxpayers deserve better, especially after the glory years of the Apollo landings. Mr. Patkin suggested that NASA should be sidelined in any return to the moon or manned missions to Mars. He said, “The private sector could handle any return to the moon much more efficiently. For example, Ansari X-Prize winner Burt Rutan did more with a tiny percentage of what NASA receives and entrepreneurs like Rutan and Richard Branson represent the real future of space travel.” Mr. Patkin added that there were also moral hazards in funding any organization that planned a future in space because, "They too would become dependent on the same handouts that are crippling NASA and unfairly burdening the taxpayer." He noted, "The role of the government is not to fund space travel but simply to roll back the regulatory hurdles standing between man on Earth and man standing on the moon." About Capitalist SolutionsCapitalist Solutions is a free enterprise think tank promoting the philosophy of rational self-interest in Hong Kong. For more information www.capitalist-solutions.com
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