Neil deGrasse Tyson Says Private Business Will Not Open the Space Frontier

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 29, 2013 @07:00PM from the what-the-market-will-bear dept.

MarkWhittington writes "Neil deGrasse Tyson, the famous astrophysicist and media personality, offered something of a reality check on the potential of commercial enterprises to open the space frontier without the aid of government. Specifically referencing SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk's boast that he would establish a Mars colony, Tyson said on a recent video podcast, 'It's not possible. Space is dangerous. It's expensive. There are unquantified risks. Combine all of those under one umbrella; you cannot establish a free market capitalization of that enterprise.'"

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Re:There have always been doubters by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-29 19:11 · Score: 0, Troll

Now watch Elon Musk do it anyway.
Not a chance in hell. C'mon SpaceX can barely put a satellite in LEO let alone a man or a space station.
And you want me to believe that this guys is going to develop an infrastructure to send someone to Mars and back ? Dream on.