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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: Should NASA operate shuttles (was Re: Shuttle a research tool)
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:43:00 GMT
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- In <1993Jan7.220739.9367@cerberus.ulaval.ca> yergeau@phy.ulaval.ca (Francois Yergeau) writes:
-
- >Spin off shuttle to the private sector, and
- >you're likely to get at most one provider, and one buyer (NASA). Not
- >my idea of a free, competitive market where cost savings could be
- >realized. By contrast, the commercial launch market has many buyers
- >and a few more or less subsidized sellers, so there's competition,
- >incentive to invest, etc.
-
- When there's only one supplier in a market, that's usually
- a pretty good incentive for other companies to invest. How
- many companies followed Federal Express into the day-next
- delivery market?
-
-
- >>>But didn't I read not long ago that MacDD would not operate DC? Who would?
- >>
- >>I understand that American Airlines has indicated some interest. Why
- >>not them?
-
- If you read the same account I did, I believe it was Northwest Orient.
-