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NASA Awards 270 Million In Contracts To Speed U.S. Return To Manned Orbital Vehicles After The Space Shuttle Retires.
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04-20-2011, 11:39 AM
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Good.
Manned space flight is one area the US should never cede to another country.
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04-20-2011, 11:47 AM
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Good.
Manned space flight is one area the US should never cede to another country.
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Think "Portugal" once the greatest seafaring and influential nation in the world. Now a third rate economic backwater. |
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04-20-2011, 12:07 PM
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Think "Portugal" once the greatest seafaring and influential nation in the world. Now a third rate economic backwater.
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I was thinking Spain when I posted. And the Netherlands. |
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04-20-2011, 12:21 PM
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Netherlands still has the Juice. Still an economic power house
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04-20-2011, 12:50 PM
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Netherlands still has the Juice. Still an economic power house
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They came back. I was in the 1700's. |
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04-20-2011, 12:52 PM
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Good news. Lets hope this spurs a further reduction in cost-to-orbit and keeps US (companies) dominant in spaceflight.
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04-20-2011, 03:00 PM
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Some of the greatest explorations and discoveries of the time were under the auspices of private enterprise, ie: Hudson Bay Company, Dutch East India Company, British East India Company et al.
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04-20-2011, 03:49 PM
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Some of the greatest explorations and discoveries of the time were under the auspices of private enterprise, ie: Hudson Bay Company, Dutch East India Company, British East India Company et al.
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Yeah, but the Crown was heavily involved in all of them. |
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04-20-2011, 04:45 PM
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true. But how ever you call it Development Loans, Grants, Leasing, Charters, whatever. Plus the permitting process. The US government will still be involved heavily involved in a private space program.
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