Re: Historical comparisons

On 25 Feb 2006 15:38:50 -0800, in a place far, far away, "Chance"
<chance20_m@xxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

Obviously historical comparisons have their weaknesses, but with that
caveat, what does the commercial passenger space industry look like to
you? More like the begining of the airline industry, or more like the
development of the supersonic aircraft by the US,Europe and Russia in
the 60's and 70's?

Neither.

Obviously one industry turned out fairly sucessful
while the other died a slow lingering death. Or perhaps you think a
totally differant historical scenario is appropriate, or none at all.
Thoughts?

The problem is that there are really no historical analogies, given
that the world has grown so much richer with the end of the dominance
of the socialist paradigm, and the acceleration of technology. What
many will want is experiences, and they'll be willing and able to pay
for them. That means that space travel will have a large market.
.

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