... Sorry to break the run of FYI reports, but this is a discussion group. The fact is that NASA can NEVER allow a free enterprise space transportation...
Mark Goll wrote: Alternate Universe: Human Spaceflight Without NASA? Space.com ... Mark, I have to wholly agree with you, except that NASA is not the only US...
What is the 'reason' for NASA to not allow private enterprise a shot at space? The military is nervous about it becasue it can mean the potential loss of the...
Well, Joe, like you I do not have time for conspiracy theories or the discussion of them either. If one wants to accomplish something, one ignores these things...
Funny you should ask. We will have stuff to sell, not rockets per se, but something that uses rockets. I can't be more specific until the company makes it's ...
Joe, Very Good to hear. 1000Planets is a diverse group of individuals who are willing to spend a lot of their time and money on trying to see that Free...
... shot at ... As the chick said when it came out of the egg, "WOW, paradigm shift!". This is also know as the Gorbachev syndrom, being totally out of touch...
Mark, John and Joe, Thanks all of you for making this a discussion forum. I encourage all members to post relivent articles and comments (I don't want to be...
FYI, "Free Enterprise on the Final Frontier" Business Week http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/dec2003/nf20031222_6787_db016.htm ... Mark Reiff...
2003 was not the best of years nor was it the worst of years. We are still here and celebrated out THIRD birthday on January 1, 2004. The two major sources of...
I have a question for you. What should we do if Bush suddenly announces a 10 or 50 year plan of Mars exploration? Even if Bush is reelected, the current...
... This is a red heiring. All the candidates and all the congress and all the kings men will say that they support space exploration. It's a free issue,...
anansispace, I suggest that we not get wrapped up in the pro/anti-space debate, rather we point out that the commercial sector usually does the heavy lifting...
... as ... is ... one-stop ... It is our intention as a company to provide something that should fill this niche. I hope you realize that the economic...
The president is set to propose a great new "vision" for NASA. One Trillion dollars for a moon base and a trip to Mars. All the space contractors are ...
I stated in a previous discussion that the growth of a free enterprise space transportation industry would naturally mean a reduction in the size and functions...
Did you hear it? Reallocate 11 billion within NASAs budget and give them 1 billion more over 5 years. Not one goal is with his administration even if he is...
Well, I'm not really impressed with the relevance of Bush's announced space policy anyway, so I feel no qualms about endorsing a Democrat (I would've anyway,...
The idea of a marketplace for space transportation resources is very good, but there are a lot of people out there making sure that that doesn't happen. Gopal...
FYI, "Statement by Rick Tumlinson before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate January 28, 2004" Space Frontier...
We learn from our mistakes, or do we? (From Arctic Expeditions of the 19th Century By Daniel K. Benjamin) Government-sponsored polar expeditions made fewer...
FYI, "Shear Lunar-cy: California Company Touts Moon Delivery Service" AFP via Space Daily http://www.spacedaily.com/2004/040129225859.1ean3iwc.html ... Mark...
PLEASE! COME BACK ME UP --- http://space.forclark.com/story/2004/2/2/134528/3537 You all are preaching to the crowd here. If we want to avoid a Democratic...