Re: Vision of the three Rs: Regular, Reliable and Reusable

simberg.interglobal@xxxxxxxxx (Rand Simberg) wrote:

:On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:28:54 GMT, in a place far, far away,
:fairwater@xxxxxxxxx (Derek Lyons) made the phosphor on my monitor glow
:in such a way as to indicate that:
:
:>>>>>>Set up a water depot in LEO, and guarantee to purchase at least 1000
:>>>>>>tons/year from the lowest bidder to actually deliver, but with a price
:>>>>>>cap set initially just barely within reach of current launchers. Then
:>>>>>>lower the price cap each year for ten years, to drive continual progress.
:>>>>>
:>>>>>In other words - pork and handouts.
:>>>>
:>>>>No, handouts are when you give the money with no service provided.
:>>>
:>>>Buying something for which demand exists (beyond a future handwaving
:>>>one) amounts to the same thing - giving away money in exchange for
:>>>token services.
:>>
:>>Huh?
:>
:>That should have been 'for which no demand exists'.
:
:But demand can be easily created. Water in space is useful.

And yet every space station that ever was has a problem getting rid of
the stuff.

Hint: You don't try to 'create demand'. You service the ones that
exist and let the new ones come as they will.

--
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable
man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore,
all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
--George Bernard Shaw
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