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- From: yergeau@phy.ulaval.ca (Francois Yergeau)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Should NASA operate shuttles (was Re: Shuttle a research tool)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.022451.29438@cerberus.ulaval.ca>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 02:24:51 GMT
- References: <1993Jan7.180422.3473@iti.org> <1993Jan7.220739.9367@cerberus.ulaval.ca> <ewright.726518580@convex.convex.com>
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- In article <ewright.726518580@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
- >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?
-
- The success of Federal Express demonstrated that there was a large
- market of buyers for this service, at the prices allowed by the mature
- aviation infrastructure. Investors jumped in to tap that market. At
- shuttle costs, even under private stewardship, buyers would not flock
- in, so investors would be reluctant at best, except for the one who
- would be guaranteed x launches at price $y (large) by NASA. But even
- if privatization of shuttle did not produce a competitive market,
- perhaps the change of attitude needed for NASA to effect it would be a
- Good Thing.
-
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- Francois Yergeau (yergeau@phy.ulaval.ca) | De gustibus et coloribus
- Centre d'Optique, Photonique et Laser | non disputandum
- Departement de Physique | -proverbe scolastique
- Universite Laval, Ste-Foy, QC, Canada |
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