Yes, but it was possible to kill off space development then because the level of technological development limited the people involved to mostly big governments. Ain't the case anymore.
Merry Christmas, everybody!
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| Author: | PeterScott [ Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Congratulations... Again |
My enthusiasm and admiration for is tempered by the knowledge that we had this with the DC-X how many years ago? Before it was killed off by the X-33 consortium? |
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| Author: | sakeneko [ Tue Dec 25, 2012 1:20 pm ] |
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Yes, but it was possible to kill off space development then because the level of technological development limited the people involved to mostly big governments. Ain't the case anymore. Merry Christmas, everybody! |
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| Author: | PeterScott [ Tue Dec 25, 2012 2:38 pm ] |
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Except that the DC-X wasn't developed by a big government. That was the reason that big government took it down. It was a threat to the huge budgets of the military-industrial complex. |
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| Author: | sakeneko [ Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:57 pm ] |
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Yeah. Now, a generation and a half later, big government is banking on SpaceX to do the job that big government can't or won't do and wants done. Not all change is for the worse.
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| Author: | PeterScott [ Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Congratulations... Again |
True. I'd be interested in how come SpaceX and its ilk avoided getting kneecapped by Lockheed Martin and friends. |
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| Author: | JamesGifford [ Fri Dec 28, 2012 6:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Congratulations... Again |
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