Dr. Buzz Aldrin, the 2nd person  ever to walk on the Moon, and Rich
(prior to working for NASA Headquarters as a small business utilization specialist).

Is the U.S. achieving its potential regarding space, or
should we finally enact  more pro-entrepreneurial reforms?

Rich on the steps of the New York
Stock Exchange while a law student
at the University of Virginia (1993).

Space-related media contributions by Rich  
LIVE on the Fox News Channel (a nationally televised debate),
and C-SPAN (with President Bush).

Additional media contributions
from Rich in the Wall Street Journal, Space News,
The Washington Times, Space.com & SlashDot.org.

If we can go to the Moon, why can´t we go to the Moon?
Answer:  a lack of legal reforms.

During the 1980´s the U.S.A. had nearly all of the world´s
commercial launch marketshare.  In the year 2000 our share dropped to 29%.   Should we care?

There´s more.... at the turn of the century, 3 different major U.S. satellite companies
essentially went bankrupt  [Iridium; ICO; & Globalstar].   

Meanwhile, on the left was NASA´s international space station during the year 2000.  
On the right was Russia´s.

NASA´s costs several billion dollars to operate each year, is prohibitively expensive for 
most research entities, and by 2005  was merely the size of a three-bedroom home.
  Russia´s privatized station cost about $80 million annually, and was comparatively very accessible, price-wise.  
Nevertheless, did you know that "cost-conscious" NASA and its affiliates pressured formerly socialist
Russia to deorbit privatized MIR, and that a tether export which could have kept it on orbit was blocked? 

Has NASA been stifling commercial space ventures that could otherwise outperform it?
(brief editorial)

Is it wi$e to maintain NASA´s official government agency monopoly?
(brief article)

Squandered commercial opportunities:

Are we really getting the most that we can from NASA's annual $16 billion dollar budget?