Re: NASA moon trip video
- From: Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:27:50 +0000 (UTC)
Andre Lieven wrote:
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Next, NASA's internal mindset is that of a research organisation, like the NACA that NASA was built from.
When it comes to routine, repeated operational mission
ops, they're not very good at it. Researchers don't
tend to have to consider and understand production lines. And, thats fine when it comes to flying one or
two space probes of any given design. Thats not fine
when it comes to trying to operate what amounts to a
regularly scheduled airline, for non-test pilots.
NASA does not build its own rockets, it buys them from companies that also build civilian aircraft. It is time that the directors of these companies were asked how much it would cost to convert a spaceship reusable 10 times into something that a commercial spaceline could use. The next few Annual General Meetings would be a good times to ask.
Providing that they can see a profit, Richard Branson is not the only airline executive that wants to run a spaceline.
Andrew Swallow
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