RE: starship-design: Infrastructure in space [was: FTL travel...]

["L. Parker" <lparker@cacaphony.net>]

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> Subject: Re: starship-design: Infrastructure in space [was: FTL
> travel...]
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> In a message dated 4/21/00 12:41:12 PM,
> zkulpa@zmit1.ippt.gov.pl writes:
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> >> From owner-starship-design@lists.uoregon.edu Fri Apr 21
> 17:29:04 2000
> >> From: Curtis Manges <clmanges@worldnet.att.net>

>
> What are your concerns about space tourism?  Its currently
> the mostlikely
> reason to develop major space launch infastructure and
> orbital facilities?

We don't have any concerns - it is the investors who have the concerns. The
companies developing the low cost reusable launchers avoid even mentioning
that word in front of potential investors. Beats me, I think you are right
and that tourism will be one of the biggest markets.

Lee