This is not the NASA that brings inspiration to my heart. NASA Administrator Dr. Michael D. Griffin:

I see a day in the not very distant future, where instead of NASA buying a vehicle, we buy a ticket for our astronauts to ride to low-Earth orbit, or a bill of lading for a cargo delivery to space station by a private operator. I want us to get to that point.

Privatizing social security, who needs public schools, private "contractor" armies in Iraq...the dismantling continues.