That's a false trichotomy. "Pick two" is what a bureaucrat says to stay employed.
There are all kinds of things in the world that are cheap, fast, and reliable. Find a value-adding reason (i.e. not flags and footprints) to go to the moon and you'll get all three.
Well, lying isn't greed. Weather or not they are pulling their fair share is only your business if you own part of the studio. I have no idea what you mean by "their covenant with the public, and so on."
If you eliminate the legal limitation the prevents private companies from delivering to mailboxes, several companies would offer that service for less. In fact, there are companies that have sued for just that right.
"The fact is, even in the United States the government is capable of doing a lot of things very well that the private sector simply can't or won't do."
I suspect the rights discussion is mostly semantics -- although I do have the right to bear arms in the fullest of sense. In fact, I have the right to bear nuclear arms.
I would be curious as to what you would change in the Constitution though. It surely is a flawed document, but it is the best outline of governance applied in any real sense in the world today.
Name one. No god or government grants me rights. I have them. I agree to be governed under the terms of the Constitution and give up (for now) the rights granted to the government by the people there.
In short... it is only mutually exclusive if you are in a room full of a bunch of business MBAs who apparently as a whole still think that solutions come out of some magic hat somewhere...
There are just as many religious programmers as MBAs.
A satellite in orbit has not reached escape velocity. Furthermore (an unrelated), it is far from demonstrating an ability to accurately deliver a payload to a target reliably.
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You sir, don't know what you are talking about.
http://www.amazon.com/Mining-Sky-Untold-Asteroids-Planets/dp/0201328194
Yeah, it is. Asteroids are actually "closer" if you consider delta-v your yardstick.
Yeah, but pew pew is da best!
Are you seriously bitching about spoilers this far into the comments?
That's a false trichotomy. "Pick two" is what a bureaucrat says to stay employed.
There are all kinds of things in the world that are cheap, fast, and reliable. Find a value-adding reason (i.e. not flags and footprints) to go to the moon and you'll get all three.
Burt Rutan needs (and probably wants) to get his $10B from someone other than the government.
Well, lying isn't greed. Weather or not they are pulling their fair share is only your business if you own part of the studio. I have no idea what you mean by "their covenant with the public, and so on."
It's right about now that you are probably realizing that MBAs do know more than you about these things.
What's wrong with greed?
You may be the first poster happy when modded "obvious."
If you eliminate the legal limitation the prevents private companies from delivering to mailboxes, several companies would offer that service for less. In fact, there are companies that have sued for just that right.
"The fact is, even in the United States the government is capable of doing a lot of things very well that the private sector simply can't or won't do."
Name one thing.
Moreover, who really cares? So what if the temperatures are changing in either direction? Adapt!
...and certainly no laws of thermodynamics need be broken.
"Sounds a whole lot less efficient than just tethering the thing in the first place."
Absolutely.
Ever heard of tacking?
I'm no wind power fan, but can't this same argument be made against our current offshore oil platforms?
I suspect the rights discussion is mostly semantics -- although I do have the right to bear arms in the fullest of sense. In fact, I have the right to bear nuclear arms.
I would be curious as to what you would change in the Constitution though. It surely is a flawed document, but it is the best outline of governance applied in any real sense in the world today.
Name one. No god or government grants me rights. I have them. I agree to be governed under the terms of the Constitution and give up (for now) the rights granted to the government by the people there.
The Constitution is not the origin of our rights -- it is merely the rules that American citizens agree to be governed under.
Your rights end where mine begin. Thus, you are denied the "right" to murder. You are denied the right to steal my property.
Read Locke, Montesque (sp?), Jefferson, etc.
Here's what you need to know (and learn) about rights:
1) The Constitution doesn't grant rights -- it only takes very specific ones away. The Bill of Rights is redundant.
2) Your rights end where mine begin.
I leave it to you to apply these axioms to the specific case in question.
In short... it is only mutually exclusive if you are in a room full of a bunch of business MBAs who apparently as a whole still think that solutions come out of some magic hat somewhere...
There are just as many religious programmers as MBAs.
I'll bite. Give me an example of a real life "economic crime" that has gone unpunished.
"They just don't get it that we can add tubes, and it's worth it."
Another closet tyrant think he/she/it knows how to spend my money better than I do.
A satellite in orbit has not reached escape velocity. Furthermore (an unrelated), it is far from demonstrating an ability to accurately deliver a payload to a target reliably.