A space tourism vehicle has exploded on the pad with the loss of all on board. Included among the dead several media stars, an astronaut, and a senator. The regulatory agencies come down hard on the launch service providers. The space support groups call for a return to the glory days of NASA. Foreign launch service providers get nearly all the U.S. payloads, forcing Boeing and Lockheed to abandon the rocket business. China and Japan develop manned launch vehicles. Your three choices are:
Let market forces recover the American space development industry,
Outlaw all access to Space,
fund a massive program to develop a WARP drive.
