"The main problem with you comments is that space doesn't pay and won't in most circumstances without at least a 2 order of magnitude drop in launch cost.."
If you were build a vehicle capable of getting into space, you couldn't legally launch it without unnecessary governmental delay. When you have a goverment climate in which the govt will grant permission to launch requiring only about a week or less in delay. And which only has minimal reasonable governmental design requirements, then we can talk about whether or not launch cost is low enough- at the moment, it's costs are massively increased by unneccessary governmental interferance and delay.
In addition, rather than hinder the private sector, the govt and NASA should be doing things which result in encouraging the private sector to invest in space related ventures. Determining whether there is minable deposit of water on the Moon would be one thing that NASA could do in this direction. Whereas, building space stations in L1 or lunar bases, would not neccessarily be helpfully- if it's a similar mold to what NASA is currently doing with ISS and/or the Shuttle, then it definitely wouldn't be helpful.
There is some hopeful signs that the govt is actually moving towards lifting in a limited way, it's restrictions for the suborbital vehicles, in relation to those attempting to win the X prizes- it's possible we could be see launch cost lower as indirect result- if this actually pans out over the next year.
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