Re: Establish demand

"Totorkon" <aertrion@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:Heavy, robust engineering and agressive exploration depend on economic
:access to space. Economic access depends on a steady dependable
:demand. The two must be nurtured together. The experience gained,
:the hardware that is developed, will be the foundation of possible
:commertial enterprise.

PRECISELY. It is the 'demand' side of various schemes that often gets
handwaved away, which is what I've been talking about. You can't just
ASSUME demand will suddenly appear.

:One year in Iraq would finance 21 years of NASA expenditures at the
:current rate of funding. It is imperitive that we get the greatest
:value for what is still a considerable investment.

Comparing to spending elsewhere is a waste of time, since if we
weren't in Iraq the money wouldn't be spent on space in any case.

:Postcards from the far reaches are just as valuable even if they don't
:have an astronaut in the foreground, and they cost a tenth as much.

However, history seems to show that typically what happens is that
when manned space gets cut, unmanned space gets cut by at least as
large a percentage. This is why each generation of planetary
scientists apparently has to learn that trying to 'steal' money from
the 'other side of the house' is a self-defeating tactic.

--
"Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."
-- Charles Pinckney
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