Re: End of an era? Or the Beginning of A Better One
Mark and I have a hard copy of the 1996 Commercial Space Transportation
Study (thanks Mark).
At 900+ pages, it makes a good doorstop. :-)
Actually, there is some very good market research in there. Space tourism,
orbital studios, and high speed cargo transport are just a few topics.
Sam
At 10:52 PM -0500 1/8/01, Darel Preble wrote:
> 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.
>
> Darel Preble
> Chair, SSPW
>
>"Steven G. Brant" wrote:
>
>> Patrick Collins writes:
>>
>> > From: COLLINS Patrick <patrick.collins@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> > 2) Nasa has published a report -
>> > NP-1998-03-11-MSFC - which admits
>> > the feasibility and importance of space tourism
>> > - making it the most economically valuable report
>> > that Nasa has published in its 40-year history.
>> > Yet, despite promising to put this report on the
>> > Nasa web-site when challenged in public, Goldin,
>> > Garver and colleagues refuse to do so. And they
>> > spend ZERO out of their huge budgets on the
>> > only activity that they themselves have admitted
>> > in print has the potential to become a large new
>> > commercial activity in space! This is a Cover-Up
>> > and fraud - as I describe in Space Future Journal.
>>
>> (snip)
>>
>> > But Goldin's Nasa WILL NOT make that report
>> > readily available - because it blows their entire
>> > policy to pieces. And so long as this situation
>> > persists, cutting Nasa's budget and giving it to
>> > those - including the FAA - who will work to realise
>> > space tourism is indisputably in taxpayers'
>> > economic interests.
>>
>> The report may not be "readily available", but - because it is an
>> unclassified (ie. not officially Secret) government document - it can be
>> either (a) purchased from any GSA (General Services Administration) book
>> store, or - better yet - (b) procured from your local Congressman or US
>> Senator...by contacting his/her office in writing and requesting a copy.
>> (They'll probably do this for you for free in the name of "constituent
>> service.")
>>
>> Of course, this second option is a great way to introduce yourself as a
>> space advocate to your elected representatives if you haven't already done
>> so.
>>
>> - Steve Brant
>>
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