[extropy-chat] Alternate Universe: Human Spaceflight Without NASA?

[Joseph S. Barrera III]

Giu1i0 Pri5c0 wrote:

>  No, D. D. Harriman is a fictional character.

I know :-)

>  The article mantions some real people (Bezos, one of the founders of
>  PayPal, plus others), who want to found and fund private space
>  ventures. I loved Heinlein's novel with Harriman (forgot the name)

The Man Who Sold The Moon

It's just fun sometimes seeing life imitating books I read as a kid,
at least if you squint a bit.

Chinese space program (and Prozac) => Vonnegut
Stealing organs => Niven
Your name (Giu1i0 Pri5c0) => Bester (or Schultz)

- Joe :-)