Re: Why Mars?

From: Bob Myers (nospamplease_at_address.invalid)
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 05:30:52 GMT

"Miguel Cruz" <mnc@admin.u.nu> wrote in message
news:14OdnVUEioMqOwfcRVn-qQ@speakeasy.net...

>
> You're doing way too much futzing.
>
> One hour of futzing at the departure end, 30 minutes at the arrival end.
> Less for domestic flights or if you don't check luggage.
>
> I just spent about 30 hours flying between major cities on opposite sides
of
> the planet, futzing not included. If I could cut that down to 1/10 I'd be
> very happy indeed (especially since I'm about to turn around and go back,
> and KLM hasn't changed the movies yet).

OK, but let's face it - commercial supersonic or hypersonic
transport probably isn't going to be economically viable for
a long time, and that doesn't begin to consider the other issues
that this sort of travel would bring up (noise, effects on the
atmosphere, etc.). The best solution to getting somewhere
really fast likely involves travel outside the atmosphere, but
even then - how many will be able to use this? And why are
we talking about this as though a revitalized space program
would have a NEGATIVE impact on the future of commercial
aerospace?

Bob M.

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