[ExI] What happens to US space programs after November?

[Giulio Prisco]

Spike: "We have a lotta smart guys, such as Elon Musk and our own
Adrian doing commercialization of space.  They are the future of
space. Governments stand down, let private industry take over."

I agree in principle. Musk & co are the future of space. But not the
present. At this moment, they must still rely on government support.
They have gone 90 percent of the way, but the remaining 10 percent is
uphill and they need support.

The government should help by buying their services and refraining
from over-regulating.

If the politicians (both democrats and republicans) don't feel that
they are in the driver seat, they'll kill the commercial space
industry in the cradle with over-regulation.

I keep dreaming of grassroots global fundraising initiatives able to
directly raise the money for a Moon mission and settlement, but this
is just a dream atm.

On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 3:25 PM spike jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> > On Behalf Of Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat
> Subject: [ExI] What happens to US space programs after November?
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> As I see things:
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> >...1. If Trump wins ...
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> >...2. If Trump loses...
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> Oy vey, now ya dun it.
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> >...3. There's no hope of real bipartisan support for ...
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> That has been gone some time ago.
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> >...4. China wins...
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> Ja.  That has been coming for some time.
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> >...Did I miss something?
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> Ja, the role that business plays vs government.  The US government must find
> the least efficient way to do any space program because it needs to spread
> the contracts over all the states, in order to get senators and
> representatives to support it (presidents can make suggestions if they want,
> but congress must allocate the funds.)  China doesn't do that: it has a
> different form of government.  Private business doesn't do that either: it
> finds the most efficient way to get things done.
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> Last week we saw a privately owned rocket carry two guys to the station in
> style and the first stage landed with dignity on its feet.
>
> We have a lotta smart guys, such as Elon Musk and our own Adrian doing
> commercialization of space.  They are the future of space.
>
> Governments stand down, let private industry take over.
>
> spike
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