[ExI] Asteroid search mission looking for funding

[Adrian Tymes]

How are launch costs going to come down?  Only one of these
is likely to be able to do anything about that.

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Dan <dan_ust at yahoo.com> wrote:
> If launch costs come down enough, this might not be as big a hurdle to jump
> over. That's my mantra and I'm sticking to it. :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
> ________________________________
> From: Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 2:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [ExI] Asteroid search mission looking for funding
>
> So we have this and then we have Planetary Resources - which
> have no formal connection.
>
> One is asking for money to go do this.  The other has a credible
> plan to make money by doing this.
>
> I don't think there is any question which one of them is far (far)
> more likely to succeed if given the resources, and as a direct
> consequence, which one is more likely to get the necessary
> resources.  (Aside from the backers each has already gained -
> but that is a consequence of which one is more likely to
> succeed.)
>
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