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- From: sysmgr@king.eng.umd.edu (Doug Mohney)
- Subject: Re: Saturn class (Was: SPS feasibility and other space
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.175857.5940@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 17:58:57 GMT
- Organization: Computer Aided Design Lab, U. of Maryland College Park
- References: <BtJutG.CA3@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Aug25.210314.14787@iti.org> <1992Aug26.151058.2650@eng.umd.edu>,<1992Aug26.165212.21512@iti.org>
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- In article <1992Aug26.165212.21512@iti.org>, aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug26.151058.2650@eng.umd.edu> sysmgr@king.eng.umd.edu writes:
- >
- >>>SS Freedom construction and supply IS a viable commercial market for
- >>>HLVs this decade.
- >
- >>It is NOT commercial.
- >
- >Not now, no. However, there is absolutely no reason it cannot become
- >commercial. Until it does, we aren't going anywhere.
-
- >>It is not a market.
- >
- >A market is nothing more than a demand for goods and services which can
- >be met. If we have a space station, then there will be a demand to
- >transport people and supplies.
-
- >It is therefore a market.
-
- Fine. Come up with PRIVATE money, not public funds to build and launch the
- station. According to you and Mr. Szabo, it's a goldmine of opportunites out
- there. Please, demonstrate your financial wizardry and marketing skills here.
-
- If it's so hot, you can lease space to the Federal Goverment. And since it IS a
- market (implying multiple buyers of goods and services), if the Feds don't show
- up, you can find enough other customers to cover your bills.
-
- >>It is a monopoly subject to the whims of the Federal Government.
- >
- >It need not be. If you lack the imagination to see that, say so
- >and I'll just drop it.
-
- No, I think you lack the common sense to realize that if it was a commercial
- venture, it would be built with private monies, and have multiple customers,
- rather than have a (fatal) sole-source dependency on the (United States)
- goverment.
-
- They don't operate McMurdo Base in Antarticia <sp> as a "market." How much do
- you want to stretch reality?
-
- Support U.N. military force against Serbia
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