On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Technotranscendence wrote:
>
> I am much of the same mind here. But I also think the high cost of space
> transport now has a lot to do with the inefficient way in which government
> transportation operations work. Lowering the cost of transport is at least
> one major factor in lowering the overall cost of human survival in space.
One very nice idea is the Zubrin/Gingrich Government "prize" idea.
The government defines the goal, puts up a bonded prize, then its
up to investors and industry to see if they can do it. As discussed
in the "Case for Mars", there could be a number of very doable
sub-goals with lesser awards.
Could even lead to some degree to the "privitization " of NASA (as the real
clever folks exit stage left for the stock option arena).
Robert
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