[citation][nom]sixbone[/nom]"finally venturing out into space, Vulcans will have zipped through the solar system and caught wind of our rocket signature."really lame......[/citation]
Uhm yeah... You can poke fun at Star Wars fans and they might get a bit angry, BUT CROSS A TREKKIE AND WE'LL PUT LAXATIVE IN YOUR CORNFLAKES! We don't get mad, we get even.
Vulcans made first contact because humans discovered warp drive. A rocket-powered spacecraft would hardly be of interest.
It's true about commercial spacecraft being the way to go, though. After all, Cerberus provided an even better version of the Normandy than the Alliance
[citation][nom]dredg98[/nom]No vulcans for now Zefram Cochrane isnt born yet and no warp drive[/citation]
I'm sure the author of this article knew that, but a trekkie can dream.
Public money has the edge in providing founds into pure raw investigation without asking for returns, though advancing science that hardly could get studied with private founds, but it's true that it doesn't too often turns into a something that ends being reached for most.