The Cellar - View Single Post - Just how tenuous is our toehold in space?

russotto · 12-10-2004, 08:51 AM

Our toehold in space, like our toehold in supersonic passenger transport, is going to be lost. We're entering a new dark age brought on by conservatism (not the political kind, but the older meaning) and fear. Without something to drive the government into space, and with the various governments poised to kill any private initiative through immediate over-regulation (could the Wright Brothers have flown under FAA regs?), space will remain out of reach.

12-10-2004, 08:51 AM	#6
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Toehold to be lost. Our toehold in space, like our toehold in supersonic passenger transport, is going to be lost. We're entering a new dark age brought on by conservatism (not the political kind, but the older meaning) and fear. Without something to drive the government into space, and with the various governments poised to kill any private initiative through immediate over-regulation (could the Wright Brothers have flown under FAA regs?), space will remain out of reach.