4 thoughts on “Statistics And The Failure Of Space Policy”

  1. space exploration colonization will be more successful to the extent that we get it out of the hands of politicians

    A techie isn’t going to do it either. What they need is a real estate developer.

    “What’s in it for me?” Is the question that will drive progress forward. The problem is the question is asked without considering the big picture. Their is no elusive unobtainium to be found. No one company is going to find the answer. It’s an ecosystem.

    Dirt is right there and valuable. There’s more than enough to pay for everything. Free your mind.

    It’s an ecosystem where companies that never leave earth sell products and services to those that do. It’s an ecosystem where people that never leave earth make a profit on companies that do.

    Put enough people on a rock and limit the supply of land by virtue of a settlement charter that all agree to; giving it the force of law to establish ownership of reasonable claims and not only is the ecosystem established, but it will take off in a huge land rush that is self reinforcing.

    No government required (except what the local colonist themselves establish as needed.)

  3. What they need is a real estate developer.

    Been there, done that, got the SFF t-shirt.

    The strip mall developer who runs the Space Frontier Foundation has been saying that for 20 years. What great successes have they had? MirCorp? X-33? Ares V? Mike Griffin — the “good captain for NASA”?

    Last month, they showed a video of Shuttle C and told teachers it was a suborbital vehicle that would enable them to go into space.

    Sorry, but space is not real estate. Some understanding of the technology is required.

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