Comments on: A contrarian view of NewSpace

By: Randy Campbell

Randy Campbell — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:27:09 +0000

“L5 by ’95” eh?

My ‘personal’ favorite was/is “Lunar Mine by ’99!”

Randy

By: Garry

Garry — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:52:59 +0000

One additional thing I notice on the Earth and Sky blog is that Mr. Portree says aviation worked because it accomplished things such as moving people faster. Well, commercial interest in spaceflight technologies could very well lead to hypersonic intercity airline service that has been envisioned since the 70s. Very attractive to business travellers.. Also, interorbital flying could lead to industrial speculation in the massive amounts of space materials in the Asteroid Belt…trillions of dollars worth. If that isn’t impetus for this fledgling industry, I don’t know what is…

By: Garry

Garry — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:47:17 +0000

Yeah, the Wright Brothers and/or Gustav Whitehead were never supposed to be able to fly using wings nor was it supposed to be possible for mere mortals to fly to the Moon, land, and come back either.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:16:30 +0000

Personal Spaceflight Â» A contrarian view of NewSpace…

Some discussion of space historian David S. F. Portree’s recent opinion piece, which took a critical look at the emerging space tourism industry….

By: Chance

Chance — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:15:31 +0000

I left a (hopefully constructive) comment. I am glad he is bringing forth this view. We need more contrarians out there to keep the dreamers somewhat grounded.