Re: Space Access Update #112 9/19/05

Monte Davis wrote:
> "Len" <len@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >The current space transportation market is measured
> >perhaps in the couple of hundred tonnes per year range.
> >However, the same money spent on space transportation
> >with an elasticity of 1 would result in perhaps
> >some thousands of tonnes per year.
>
> "Elasticity of 1"..?!?!
>
> Can you point to *any* data from the last 48 years that suggests such
> a value?

Not meant to be a market research datum.
Rather, this comment was meant to be an exercise
in logic. If the price of access to space can be
reduced by a factor of 20; why shouldn't payload
users want to get 20 times as much payload for a
given amount of money spent on space launch. At the
least, those managers responsible for space exploration
should appreciate the value of 20 times as much
propellant in LEO for the same amount of money.
If such managers do not know what to do with 20
times as much propellant, perhaps those managers
should be replaced.

Best regards,
Len (Cormier)
PanAero, Inc.
x@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (change x to len)
http://www.tour2space.com

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