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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Laswell wrote:
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> > My biggest concern about all of this is where things are going to go from here,
> > since the only real buzz right now is about tapping the space-tourist market.
> > Yes, it's cool that a privatized space flight has finally been achieved, but
> > what real purpose do any of the X-Prize designs serve?
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> Rutan says he's going for orbit once this step is perfected. I don't think that
> a ten year timeline for that is at all aggressive considering what the last ten
> years have provided.
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> > When privatized space flights can repair/recover the Hubble,
> > transport construction materials for the ISS, land on the moon, or even acheive
> > an extended orbital flight for research...then I'll be impressed.
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> Yeah, those will be better. And then there are better yet goals. And after
> that too. But for now, this was plenty impressive.
It's valid to ask whether this is scalable technology or not but if one isn't
impressed by this, one is part of the problem, in my view. It's not the
technology per se that's the impressive part, although that's certainly cool,
it's that someone finally broke through the stifle that the FAA, OCST, NASA and
others have put on commercialism.
> > I don't think NASA is in any danger of being supplanted by any of the X-Prize
> > contendors or their offspring within my lifetime, since the primary intended
> > market appears to be one that they've long ago declined to pursue.
>
> Well, I hope you're a really old man, or just wrong. I'd love to see NASA
> become a superfluous organ of the state.
I agree.
BTW... This is starting to veer out of .fun... if this part of the thread
continues people ought to consider trimming .fun from the FUT.
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| (...) That's absolute nonsense. My impression or lack thereof has no direct impact on this venture, as I don't have the money to throw at it either as an investor or as a customer. I could be the most excited person in the world and it wouldn't (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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