Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: KevinDavis
A private business must sit on a tall pile of cash, and be totally insulated from fear of shareholders, to perform space launches. Governments today do it because they can afford it, and because once the plan is approved it will go on. Businesses are usually scaredy cats, afraid of risk and lacking financial resources. Hardly any business can bet the farm on success of some specific launch. In large companies bureaucracy sets rules for its own survival, and that means "no risks."

Today's crop of rocket entrepreneurs is mostly self-made men who have some money (not much and not enough) and plenty of passion. IMO, if someone makes it, that would be such a company - entirely driven by a person, not by a board of directors.

8 posted on 06/08/2009 6:02:14 PM PDT by Greysard
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: Greysard

Yep. Like that guy from the movie “Aviator”. Forgot the name though.


9 posted on 06/08/2009 6:06:34 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson