Re: commercial uses of the Dtick and the Heavy Lifter

On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 18:13:12 -0400, in a place far, far away, Josh
Hill <usereplyto@xxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

>>>The commercial launch industry is already competing against
>>>taxpayer-subsidized systems from Russia, China, and the EU, and with
>>>the handicap of a manipulated exchange rate.
>>
>>So why should we make it even worse (and add insult to injury) by
>>competing againt them with their own tax dollars?
>
>Well, zero from zero is zero. I'm not sure how NASA can compensate for
>the Federal Government's failure to do something about the exchange
>rate and anti-competitive subsidies. Using EELV's would help a bit,
>but only a bit, because it wouldn't help the big guys attract
>satellite customers. So would an offer to buy launches from the
>company that could meet their mission requirements at the lowest cost,
>which might help startups gain venture capital. But if we can't or
>won't get the Russians, Chinese, and Europeans to compete on equal
>grounds, I say we compete on their grounds and outdo them.

If you want to play that stupid game, at least do it by subsidizing
the existing commercial players, not by having a government-run launch
system.
.

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