Five Dollar Gas

Fred Wrote: If corporate enterprise can't (by itself) build a safe building, who could
possibly trust them to build a safe rocket? This rock throwing and extreme rhetoric must stop if we are to findA solution to energy, to pollution, to Space etc..I'm sureone(some)is floating somewhere in this sea of cynicism. Have you ever ridden a 707 an MD-80 -- do you feel safer in a new Nissan, Toyota, Chevy orFord than you did in your 55 Chev -- (that probably needed an new engine at about 60K mi.)? Will you ride the new A380? Wonderful systems and equipment --safe, reliable, affordable -- all conceived and built within a balanced give and takeregulation structure that evolved -- not perfect, but functional. Obviously specifications properly developed (usually by trial and error -- at least fine tuned) and a structure of enforcement are necessary forbuildings, aircraft, autos, rockets etc. But, Overregulation squelches innovation -- no room for it. Where is the balance -- obviously not in Mexico or at the other extreme,NASA Let's find it so we can move ahead! Gary