Who do you believe?

It may be hard when somebody who has covered space for decades squares off with another fella who was actually in the business and built the machines.  The plausibility of what Barbree says may be enough to convince a few folk.  As for me, I'm not convinced the government can do much at the moment, with its fiscal problems.  For better of worse, we have to hope that the so called new kids on the block can pass muster.