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| Banned | The way space exploration should be done http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/0....ap/index.html IMO, that's the way space exploration should have been done from the very beginning. |
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| -Dalla Hunga- Board Moderator | Quote:
![]() I'd love it if there was a huge push in private industry to colonize another planet. At the rate we're going, mankind really is going to need another place to expand too..I think Earth is having trouble supporting the 6 billion humans she's got living on her as it is. BV ![]() "Those Who Would Sacrifice Liberty for Security Deserve Neither." - Benjamin Franklin "A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves."- Bertrand de Juvenal | |
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| -Dalla Hunga- Board Moderator | Quote:
BV ![]() "Those Who Would Sacrifice Liberty for Security Deserve Neither." - Benjamin Franklin "A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves."- Bertrand de Juvenal | |
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| Board Supporter | Space exploration would have never happened in the 60's and 70's if done by private enterprise. Private enterprise is driven by profit, and no profit was made from apollo, mercury, or gemini. NASA makes some profit by charging for satellite deployment, consultation, etc, but it is still largely government funded. Simply put, no companies will put the HUGE investment required just to get a man into orbit, especially with little or no return. It is my belief that space will be colonized by governments cooperating together, and if private enterprise ever gets involved there will have to be profits involved, which I don't see happening for a very long time, at least until space travel is fairly well standardized. It certainly is an exciting time for humanity. Just imagine, only 100 years ago we were making our first flight and cars were just starting to be produced! |
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Now imagine if it had been driven by private enterprise instead? We'd have moon colonies by now. There would be an entire booming space tourism business. Heck, there would probably be friggin retirement communities on the moon. Plus with all the industrial miniturization that has to be done, you'd have a lot nicer living back home too. Many of those advances would be in energy. Government agencies inherently waste money. Successful corporations do not. If more corporations start up with similar goals to this one, expect MAJOR advances in multiple fields in the near future. | |
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| -Dalla Hunga- Board Moderator | Quote:
![]() "Those Who Would Sacrifice Liberty for Security Deserve Neither." - Benjamin Franklin "A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves."- Bertrand de Juvenal | |
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| officially an adult | damn that just makes me love capitalism even more!!! when someone is driven by the motive to succeed and make a profit they really can get things done |
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