Well, if you’re in a position to judge other people’s space policy, budgeting, and management credentials, then you should have enough knowledge on these topics to be able to answer very simple questions like:

1) Is human space exploration an objective of NASA’s enabling act?

2) Is commercial space a priority of the existing national space policy?

3) How much did NASA spend in total on human space flight activities last fiscal year?

4) Has a suborbital rockets ever flown higher than the ISS?

After a couple decades in this field, I know the answers to these questions.

Do you?

No, this claim: “I’ve worked space policy and budgets at the federal level and managed or had oversight for various federal space projects for almost two decades now.” Aldrin’s well documented history on advocating HSF on all fronts is not in dispute- he has always championed anything which keeps HSF, government exploration efforts or private exploitation efforts in the public discourse. =eyeroll=

Yes there is. Aldrin supports commercial human space flight here:

http://spaceports.blogspot.com/2011/08/buzz-aldrin-wants-commercial-space.html

And here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/14/obamas-nasa-policy-divide_n_537148.html

And here:

http://www.spacetimesnews.com/news/2011/aug/04/buzz-aldrin-wants-commercial-space-access/

And many more places.

Which, for the umpteenth time, has nothing to do with the fact that you were using Aldrin to argue against commercial space, when, in fact, he’s a commercial space advocate.

“Space Adventures is a broker — a tourist firm– a booking agent– a middle man. It is not a ‘space program.’”

Which, for the umpteenth time, has nothing to do with the fact that you were claiming that there is no profit in space tourism, when, in fact, Space Adventures has been profitable for years.

“You’re a technician… Planning space policy is outside the area of your competence.”

I’ve worked space policy and budgets at the federal level and managed or had oversight for various federal space projects for almost two decades now.

Do you imagine that there’s a connection between those two events?

Really? I havn’t even posted in this thread, yet you’re carrying your weird, off-topic vendetta into this thread after your obsessive-compulsive behavior shut down the last thread? Really?

What an utter creep you are.

“Now that you’ve claimed LEO is easy to reach w/the government funded and designed Soyuz”

Yes, LEO was an easy reach for Soyuz because it was originally designed for lunar missions. This was already covered in the prior thread. It’s a matter of engineering, not funding source.

“you’ve decided commercial HSF is equated w/a tourism firm”

This was also covered in the prior thread. To repeat, I don’t equate one company with an entire national space program. But to an idiot who states that there is no profit in space tourism, as you did, Space Adventures proves that you’re wrong.

“And you might want to check w/ol’ Buzz Aldrin, who supports the moon… Commercial HSF advocacy always collapses…”

Aldrin is a commercial human space flight advocate, you idiot.