<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'> No, it is because Spacex hasn't done anything to warrant the attention. It hasn't launched one orbital mission yet, so why would one think it can do a manned spacecraft. <br />Posted by Cygnus_2112</DIV><br /><br />Jim, that is one of the poorest arguments I've heard.</p><p>Using that logic, someone saying in 1956 that, since no one had ever launched an orbital mission, a manned spacecraft could not be done. Of course, you're never wrong, so I expect you'll somehow spin this to prove <em><strong>me</strong></em> wrong. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-undecided.gif" border="0" alt="Undecided" title="Undecided" /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>