Lost Commercial Opportunity in Space
An interesting report on SpaceDaily about the Tito/Aldrin appearance before the congressional committee:
Link here
particularly this comment of Buzz'
"Since the shuttle was declared operational, more than
100 seats have gone unused," Aldrin pointed out.
"If the value of a seat is 20 million, that amounts to two
billion in lost revenue for the space program."
That's a real smack in the financial face>