Re: RE: starship-design: YES, we might do it.

[KellySt@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/13/98 7:03:28 PM, lparker@cacaphony.net wrote:

>Kelly,
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>> Problem is unless there is some short term profit, there will be
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>> investments.  Also the without a large scale market, mining would not be
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>> economical in space, and there be no economy to support the major space
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>> colonization that would support something like our starship project.
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>> Zero G manufacturing might havesupported such mines, but interest
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>> in it has
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>> droped a lot in the last decade.
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>True, to a point. Read the Space Transportation Study, it is available on
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>the Web. (Plan on spending at least a weekend, it is pretty thick.) It goes
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>into detail regarding the viability of every conceivable use for space that
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>would increase usage of space lift, including mining, manufacturing,
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>tourism, etc.
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>As a matter of fact, it is a pretty good primer for this group, maybe
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>someone should add it to the web site?
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>Lee


You might have included te web address?  By the way, which "Space
Transportation Study"?  I remember buy a copy of one back in the '80's when I
was still at JSC.

Kelly