But then, decades later, I woke up and discovered that space travel was still reserved for a small corps of astronauts and cosmonauts, and a tiny group of wealthy space tourists – six so far. The space business was the preserve of a few governments, plus a number of large cost-plus contractors who lived in symbiosis with their government customers.
人类登陆月球的时候我还是个风华正茂的少年，有着自己的追求——当记者，搞互联网，创办新兴企业。但几十年之后，我突然醒悟到太空旅行还只是一帮美俄宇航员和一小撮超级富豪（目前总共只有六个）的专利。太空这门生意依然是个独家买卖，只掌握在少数几个国家还有一帮只跟这些政府客户打交道且总是漫天要价的承包商手里。