space as humans and only about 50 i m sorry only about 500 have experienced that. but one of the criticisms has been that if the president s initial proposal were adopted that it really would be the end of space travel, that you won t be able to go this route and really sustain a manned program. well, to be politically correct it s human space travel now and the thanks for that correction. and commercial businesses are going to go to space whether the government is funding them or not. the government is giving them some opportunity in regards to the space station but i think one of the elements that s missing in this entirexd argume is how the future of nasa fits into foreign policy because if you recall since nearly the beginning of nasa there has been an element of foreign policy there. the race to the moon, going to the apollo soyuz program when the cold war was hot, going to