Comments on: The Space Coast’s not feeling the love http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/27/the-space-coasts-not-feeling-the-love/ Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:36:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Shubber Ali http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/27/the-space-coasts-not-feeling-the-love/comment-page-1/#comment-7070 Shubber Ali Tue, 28 Feb 2006 03:02:59 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=861#comment-7070 "they'd pay t/Space or Elon $100 million to build and operate orbital tourism (and ISS crew transfer) services at Canaveral. " I'm sorry - i must have been dozing off. What company offers orbital tourism vehicles? (and the Russians don't count - i doubt the US would allow soyuz launches from Florida...) "(Wouldn't you want to fly into space from the same launch base Apollo astronauts did?)" I doubt that would be the compelling differentiator for most people - simply going to orbit would be enough. But how many of those people have the $$ available and the desire to go to orbit (the venn diagram of these two criteria does not necessarily have much overlap in the circles...) “they’d pay t/Space or Elon $100 million to build and operate orbital tourism (and ISS crew transfer) services at Canaveral. ”

I’m sorry – i must have been dozing off. What company offers orbital tourism vehicles? (and the Russians don’t count – i doubt the US would allow soyuz launches from Florida…)

“(Wouldn’t you want to fly into space from the same launch base Apollo astronauts did?)”

I doubt that would be the compelling differentiator for most people – simply going to orbit would be enough. But how many of those people have the $$ available and the desire to go to orbit (the venn diagram of these two criteria does not necessarily have much overlap in the circles…)

]]> By: Jim Muncy http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/27/the-space-coasts-not-feeling-the-love/comment-page-1/#comment-7069 Jim Muncy Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:37:08 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=861#comment-7069 1) I seem to recall that the California Democratic legislature's tax & regulatory policies have had some impact on the departure of aerospace and other high tech from SoCal. 2) Why shouldn't Jeb Bush focus limited taxpayer resources in attracting a *growing* dynamic industry sector like biotech that has kazillion end-user customers, instead of a declining static sector like NASA vehicle assembly & operations? Now, if Florida were serious about marrying its Disney/tourism leadership to its NASA historic atmosphere, they'd pay t/Space or Elon $100 million to build and operate orbital tourism (and ISS crew transfer) services at Canaveral. (Wouldn't you want to fly into space from the same launch base Apollo astronauts did?) - Jim 1) I seem to recall that the California Democratic legislature’s tax & regulatory policies have had some impact on the departure of aerospace and other high tech from SoCal.

2) Why shouldn’t Jeb Bush focus limited taxpayer resources in attracting a *growing* dynamic industry sector like biotech that has kazillion end-user customers, instead of a declining static sector like NASA vehicle assembly & operations?

Now, if Florida were serious about marrying its Disney/tourism leadership to its NASA historic atmosphere, they’d pay t/Space or Elon $100 million to build and operate orbital tourism (and ISS crew transfer) services at Canaveral.
(Wouldn’t you want to fly into space from the same launch base Apollo astronauts did?)

– Jim

]]> By: Donald F. Robertson http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/27/the-space-coasts-not-feeling-the-love/comment-page-1/#comment-7068 Donald F. Robertson Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:40:50 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=861#comment-7068 I fully agree, Michael. -- Donald I fully agree, Michael.

– Donald

]]> By: Michael Spencer http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/27/the-space-coasts-not-feeling-the-love/comment-page-1/#comment-7067 Michael Spencer Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:33:10 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=861#comment-7067 Well. So now the people are whining because the folks who worship at the Church of the Free Market won't help them out? What a laugh. I'm a Florida resident and the decline of our space coast is plain sickening. But people voted them in, and they got what they deserve. Does anybody remeber what happened to our outstanding aerospace industry in southern California, when a similarly-minded administration decided to go to church, rather than do what government does best? Well. So now the people are whining because the folks who worship at the Church of the Free Market won’t help them out?

What a laugh.

I’m a Florida resident and the decline of our space coast is plain sickening. But people voted them in, and they got what they deserve.

Does anybody remeber what happened to our outstanding aerospace industry in southern California, when a similarly-minded administration decided to go to church, rather than do what government does best?

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