Somehow this just went to the author instead of the list. So, I'm reposting, even though I got a nice reply from Lance.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: WeChooseTheMoon > > An interesting aside on this. It took the Mercury program a bit over 9 > months to go from the first sub-orbital flight to the first orbital > flight. > > The big private enterprise sub-orbital flight happened almost 5 years ago > (5 years this coming November IIRC). It cost 100 million to develop, and > won a prize of 10 million. I can find nothing in development for private > orbital flight. (By private I mean without government money, not > government > contractors). I have no idea when it will happen, but I will bet a case > of > beer against one beer that it will be more than 10 years from the first > sub-orbital flight. > > Yes, we have announcement of Virgin planning sub-orbital flights in a > big-time manner, which will probably be close enough to break even to be > worth it in PR. And, the owner is a multi-billionaire who could afford > it. > But, I think it very worth noting that we are not talking about a step > that > took the government less than a year not being on the privatae horizen > after 5 years. There is something fundamental going on here, IMHO. > > Dan M. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
