Comments on: Lampson claims he would have stopped Constellation termination

By: Ferris Valyn

Ferris Valyn — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:42:58 +0000

er, that last line should read make it so more people are willing to invest money in space

By: Ferris Valyn

Ferris Valyn — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:52:34 +0000

danwithaplan – markets are not a binary state. The fact that you seem to think so demonstrates you don’t really understand them. NASA can act as a business risk reduction mechanism, through some of its work. That would result in market development, and make it so more people are willing to invest in money.

By: danwithaplan

danwithaplan — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:18:08 +0000

“market development”? WTF? Either there is a market, or there is not. In terms of HSF I’d say there is not one.

By: Ferris Valyn

Ferris Valyn — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:28:00 +0000

dandwithaplan

See, ok, but if its a research agency,
1. Does its research include researching new market development?
2. Who actually builds the hardware?
3. How is the hardware to be constructed?
4. Who is doing the ultimate hardware design?
5. Are we gonna call Earth to LEO flight basic research?

By: dandwithaplan

dandwithaplan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:12:37 +0000

Actually, I think “scamjet” is a quite proper designation for this idiotic way to launch payload into useful orbits

By: dandwithaplan

dandwithaplan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:16:13 +0000

Ferris Valyn,

I suggest NASA should be simply a research agency, nothing more, noting less…

Private companies should be (abolish ITAR and inane ‘NASA manrating reqs’) free to launch whoever they want.

By: dandwithaplan

dandwithaplan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:09:28 +0000

And why did you assume I am for the ATK’s plan?

If you did, well – you are wrong.

By: dandwithaplan

dandwithaplan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:07:46 +0000

Mr. Oler, Huh? Try to make some sense of YOUR “economics”

By: Robert G. Oler

Robert G. Oler — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:58:27 +0000

danwithaplan wrote @ February 17th, 2010 at 3:06 am

I *still* donâ€™t see why the US citizens should subsidize a selected *private* company like SpaceX or Boeing or LM, or ULA, or ULS, for unknown benefits with unknown probabilities…

but you have no problem with them virtually keeping ATK afloat?

try and learn some economics.

Robert G. Oler

By: danwithaplan

danwithaplan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:08:42 +0000

red,

but that all seems to be in the supply side of the market. Who (and more importantlh with what money) is Demanding HSF launches?

Other than the Uncle Sugar with its ISS *program*.