[EricH]

Originally Posted by iCurtis

I could see Elon Musk and Peter Diamandis with a bottle of this on their desks...

Actually, Elon Musk might have a solution already being built. The Dragon capsule is being built with crew in mind, despite being primarily a cargo vehicle. (Now the question is, how to get it and a lander of choice to the moon and back...)

Why do it with government money when a solution is being built in the private sector?

(And, if you want to build rockets, you might want to take a look at the rest of the linked site. Definitely interesting.)