Re: Space Travel for the Rich

From: Rand Simberg (simberg.interglobal_at_org.trash)
Date: 10/08/04


Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 16:22:23 GMT

On 8 Oct 2004 09:13:10 -0700, in a place far, far away,
mwhittingt@sprynet.com (Mark Whittington) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

>The joy most people greeted the triumph of SpaceShipOne and the
>prospect of a space tourism industry has not, it seems, been
>universaly shared. Indeed, the political barriers to a space tourism
>industry may be just as difficult as the technical ones.
>
>This piece was written a day or so before the collapse of HR 3752.
>
>
>http://www.washingtondispatch.com/article_10268.shtml

"Just as difficult"?

The technical issues have always been the easy part.



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