Reply #51: I understood

[noblecooley]

My point is that this isn't going to happen because there are large companies out there, albeit very few of them, who can take over an operation of this size with the appropriate funds and experience already in place.

The subcontracting of smaller companies still brings with it the requirement to manage all of those contracts by a government agency that has not handled that project before. Every project requires research and there is always a learning curve involved to get a new operation off of the ground.

This isn't Business 101 bullshit. It's real world experience in project management, at the multi-million dollar level, not the multi-billion dollar level that we're talking about.

Don't bother giving me numbers that show the US can take this over easily. I know from personal experience that it isn't possible.