Old Rocks
Diamond Member
We already do. A result of private enterprise, called Space X. And soon they will have the largest booster in the world. This is how our nation has always worked. First the government explores where the businesses cannot afford to. And demonstrates where the opportunities are. Then the entrepeneurs follow, many losing their shirts in the process. And after the losers and winners establish what a successful business model is for that environment, the blue chips start investing.And ride with the Russians? No thanks. By the time the U.S. has a capable delivery system I will probably be dead.Nature whether by disease or natural disaster tends to cull the herd. Humans also have shown throughout history that it is just as ingenious as nature in accomplishing that same outcome.
For humans to continue expansion and possibly evolution as a species we need to get off world. Or just become a stagnant species fighting over the limited resources of one single world in a limitless universe of possibility.
I'll help you pack.