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Spaceflight May Get Increasingly Corporate
Washington Post ^
| 09/05/09
| Joel Achenbach
Posted on 09/04/2009 7:24:22 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Perhaps, someday, going into space will be as mundane as flying on a commercial aircraft: Buy the ticket online, drive to the aerodrome, shuffle through a cattle-pen security line, grab a burger in the food court, watch a mediocre movie on the way up, and so on.
Here's a somewhat more plausible scenario: In the near future, U.S. astronauts could ride into orbit on a rocket that says, on its side, "SpaceX." Or some such exotic company name.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: space
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I would have no problem with it...
To: Howlin; Sparko; GeronL; Lawdoc; Carlucci; Zoe Brain; callisto; scottinoc; Movemout; markman46; ...
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posted on
09/04/2009 7:25:08 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: KevinDavis
It needs to get corporate.
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posted on
09/04/2009 7:26:10 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: KevinDavis
Music to my ears. I have been awaiting private spaceflight since I was a wee bairn.
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posted on
09/04/2009 7:26:30 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: KevinDavis
My only problem with 'corporate' control is .... which corporation would win the money game?
Acorn comes to mind ... just off the top of my head.
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posted on
09/04/2009 7:32:03 PM PDT
by
knarf
To: cripplecreek
Let’s get corporate!!
Who wants to buy a share of GeronSpace Inc? I only need to sell a few billion shares to get a rocket built. =o)
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posted on
09/04/2009 7:35:18 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
09/04/2009 7:38:05 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(ECOMCON)
To: KevinDavis
The cost of building a spaceship is likely to be higher than $2.5 billion, he added. Not likely in private industry. Endeavour cost $5 billion 18 years ago. That's $8.5 billion today, and that was a government contract. Hell, even USS Ronald Reagan cost $7 billion. Private spacecraft will cost far less.
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posted on
09/04/2009 7:45:34 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(ECOMCON)
To: GeronL
Go the NASCAR route. Build a launch team and cover your spaceship with sponsors’ logos! Your spacesuits can be covered in sponsor patches! At the end of each launch, you can thank all of your sponsors in TV interviews (”...and a big shout-out goes to Home Depot who really helped to make all this possible”).
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posted on
09/04/2009 7:48:44 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
09/04/2009 7:54:31 PM PDT
by
central_va
( http://www.15thvirginia.org/)
To: central_va
That is still a cool movie. When I first saw the film as a kid, I was mesmerized by the space station and soaked-up every detail.
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posted on
09/04/2009 7:57:10 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: KevinDavis
No problem at all. Corporate is the future of space travel.
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posted on
09/04/2009 7:58:10 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Army Air Corps
Yah. Kubrick was way ahead of his time on that part.
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posted on
09/04/2009 7:59:06 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Army Air Corps
Still the standard by which all space flicks should be mesured in my opinion.
“Silent Running” is one of my guilty pleasures.
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posted on
09/04/2009 7:59:45 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: KevinDavis
“Houston, this is Home Depot 3, over.” (just doesn’t sound like the right stuff.)
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posted on
09/04/2009 8:03:42 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: cripplecreek
Wow, I haven't seen Silent Running in years. It has its moments. One of the things that I enjoyed in 2001 was the silence in the external shots. Honest and elegant.
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posted on
09/04/2009 8:04:18 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Army Air Corps
Silent Running was a 70s greenie anti capitalist flick but I liked the idea of Bruce Dern going nuts and nuking himself.
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posted on
09/04/2009 8:07:35 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: Cvengr
They could use names like “Weedeater Express” or “Jackhammer.”
Just hope that the makers of feminine hygeine produts do not become sponsor. “Houston, this is Jumbo Maxi One...”
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posted on
09/04/2009 8:08:23 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: cripplecreek
...but I liked the idea of Bruce Dern going nuts and nuking himself.
Like I said, it has its moments. :-)
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posted on
09/04/2009 8:09:27 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Army Air Corps
hygiene
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posted on
09/04/2009 8:10:09 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
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