I don't think that I have read anything debating the pluses and minuses of space exploration ran by a corporation vs a government entity like NASA. Or possibly a joint government program.
Would the goals be the same? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Wouldn't mind that at all. > > > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> I'm sure it will, but it won't have the name NASA on the side. It will >> probably be Virgin Space or something like that. >> >> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Martin Baxter >> <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> If only these had been representations of people going forth... >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic by Karen >>>> Day<http://www.coolhunting.com/author/karen-day/>in >>>> Tech <http://www.coolhunting.com/tech/> on 16 October 2009 >>>> [image: space-infographic-1.jpg] >>>> >>>> The National Geographic's Fifty Years of >>>> Exploration<http://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/index>beautifully >>>> charts the paths taken by astronauts on historic missions to >>>> space—including both failed and triumphant attempts—visually pinpointing >>>> specific interests in various planets and comets. [image: >>>> space-infographic-close-1.jpg] >>>> >>>> Also noted, the current positions held by spacecrafts like the Pioneer10 >>>> and robotic probes such as Voyager 1, along with current expeditions >>>> including the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Messenger mission to >>>> Mercury, lend a sense of how far we reach these days. [image: >>>> space-infographic-close-2.jpg] >>>> >>>> Learn more about the >>>> infographic<http://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/index>from >>>> National Geographic. >>>> Via information >>>> esthetics<http://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/10/50_years_of_space_exploration_in_one_infographic.html> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>>> Mahogany at: >>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody >>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >> Mahogany at: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >> >> > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/