Comments on: NASA’s private parts

By: Axiom

Axiom — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:32:50 +0000

Hooray for the twenty-first century and the magic of capitalism!

NASA: “Okay, we now understand the requirements of what needs doing really really well. What we need is for you guys to come up with ways to do these things in an economical / businesslike fashion.”

The teams that pop out of the woodwork should be very interesting since (a) the team will need to have the capability to get there and back in a cost-effective fashion and (b) see profit opportunities that far outweigh the costs, publicity risks, etc. I.e., it won’t just be transport, it will also involve team members who need to get to the space station / orbit to do … something.

Funnily enough, I’ve been reading some 50s-era science fiction to my son recently and the theme of “let’s develop in Earth orbit first, solar system later” certainly has some parallels with current endeavors.

By: Volsen

Volsen — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:25:19 +0000

If only I had a spare few million …
.. hours to build something ..

By: Antipodean

Antipodean — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 04:41:43 +0000

if only i had a spare few million…

in the mean time, I’ll just stick to orbiter

By: Dude

Dude — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 03:47:31 +0000

Motion sickness in space must be horrible!

By: Wikipedian

Wikipedian — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 02:31:01 +0000

Finally I’ll be able to make some money out of this antimatter engine in my garage

By: Dan The Mediocre

Dan The Mediocre — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:41:54 +0000

I bet SpaceX will be all over this.

They might have even inspired it