Dennis Wingo says we need a courageous one. It’s a long read, that I haven’t read yet, but it looks interesting.
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Dennis Wingo says we need a courageous one. It’s a long read, that I haven’t read yet, but it looks interesting.
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Okay, I’ll bite: Why (outside of national defense), do we need government to have a “space policy”, or to be involved in space at all?
To enable wealth creation off planet as well as on.
Government enables wealth creation? How? Sounds like “you didn’t build that”…
If you think wealth is created in a state of nature, not sure how to help you.
You’re saying that without government there would be no possibility of wealth? What, I need a “mother may I” from government to “allow” me to make money? Why do I need a government policy to “enable” me to trade goods or services for revenue and profit?
To enforce contracts, among other things.
It is possible. NACA was created to do wind tunnel tests and airfoil designs and so forth, and the results were shared with the airline industry. Industry didn’t have to pay for all that R&D. That’s sort of the model NASA should be following, too, staying out at the edge of the envelope.
Just reading the summary, using the moon as a model will teach all the wrong lessons. Government doesn’t create wealth and does more to discourage it than enable it.
It may be an interesting read.