re: #303 Targetpractice
Uh, Ted, any dingus with the resources can just buy a boat and become a pirate. Meanwhile, the number of nations with the resources to maintain manned space programs can be counted on a single hand. The only place space pirates exist is on the TV screen…you mutant doorknob.
Look at the size of the Saturn V, which was what it took to get 3 guys in a capsule small enough to fit in my office to the Moon.