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  • The Totalitarian Temptation in Space

    05/24/2006 10:47:22 AM PDT · by nuke rocketeer · 1 replies · 158+ views
    SpaceDaily.com ^ | 5/24/06 | Jeffrey Bell
    by Jeffrey F. Bell Honolulu HI (SPX) May 21, 2006 One of my earliest columns for SpaceDaily criticized the frequent use of inappropriate and misleading historical analogies by promoters of outer space. Since then, the problem has only gotten worse. One of the most persistent analogy abusers is X-Prize and Rocket Racing League promoter Peter Diamandis. His whole career as a space activist is based on the idea that rocket prizes and rocket races can be a major driver of an independent non-governmental space industry. In turn, this concept is based on an erroneous view of the Golden Age of...