[ExI] Power sats and the industrial development of space (was global waming again)

[Keith Henson]

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> At 11:09 PM 3/23/2009 -0500, Bryan wrote:
>
>> > Nothing you have said indicates the idea got support in the 79s, at
>> > least not in relation to the support required to do anything with it.
>>
>> Meh, I think 1 out of 10 is not enough to call the entire batch bad.
>> Let's not argue over a single year- I'm just saying, it's a bit of an
>> understatement of the other years of his work.
>
> Obviously that's a typo for 70s.

Right.

The payoff time for space industry has always been too long for either
private investment or public.  And it is perceived as too risky.

Keith