Re: Space Tourism: The Lost Frontier


From Mark Reiff <markreiff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date Mon, 08 Jan 2001 22:14:51 -0600

Darel and Steve,

>     In fact, Patrick, if you have a copy of NP-1998-03-11-MSFC
>     I will put it on the SSPW website. I am surprised it is not on the
>     Space Future site. During it's brief tenure on the web I grabbed
>     a copy of the Space Transportation study of 1996. It seems to
>     have evaporated from the web again.)
>     Would Space Future like to post that as well?
>     This is all public info.

I think you both are missing Patrick's point.  It is not that the report
can't be obtained, albeit through some effort.  It is that NASA's
Administrator reneged on his word, given to a conference room full of
space activists and entrepreneurs to make it readily available
specifically on NASA's web site.

Now I think that Patrick is rubbing this rhubarb in vain, but the fact
still remains that this illustrates clearly that NASA, as lead by Dan
Goldin has no intention of enabling mere private citizens to fly into
space.  In fact NASA is going ballistic over the Russians letting Dennis
Tito and some 6 German's to be named later fly up to ISS aboard "their"
Soyuzes.  The nerve of them Ruskies, actually trying to make a profit in
space. ;)

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