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Posted by RBM on July 29, 2005, 4:44 pm
You need to look up "The spaceship company" a spin-off of the Virgin group.
They are about to build commercial space craft and I wouldn't be a bit
surprised if they're not more successful than government efforts and I would
assume they plan to make a profit
> And do you think that the private sector would do this kind of thing
> without govt. subsidies (i.e., without the govt. taking our tax dollars
> and turning them over to private corporations)? How long do you think it
> would take for them to see any return for their investment?
>
> Is there a law against private exploration of space? If not, then perhaps
> there isn't any because there's no profit to be made.
>
> Perce
>
>
> On 07/29/05 02:52 pm RBM tossed the following ingredients into the
> ever-growing pot of cybersoup:
>
>> That's exactly why we need government running less and interfering less
>> and let private sector do what it does best. And just maybe private
>> sector could actually make a profit
>
>>>Isn't is obvious to the most clueless that the tanks to be covered
>>>with a hairnet or pantyhose type covering?
>>>
>>>Surely there are dozens of materials that will withstand the heat and
>>>vibration of lift-off NOT reentry.....
>>>
>>>I would have done that on day one. The idiots at NASA and spent a
>>>billion dollars and 2 and 1/2 years and they haven't figured it out
>>>yet.....
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