Comments on: Bad News for Multimillionaires

By: atv tires

atv tires — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:50:34 +0000

Well tough luck.
I own an small atv tire and parts store
and would never in a million years be able to afford the price tag. I just hope
one day the privet sector will make it affordable. then i will go on a ride of a life time.

By: KSCQC

KSCQC — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:04:24 +0000

Not sure where ssteiner gets their info but at no reliable source I am aware of and I read a lot of aerospace magazines and published materials. The Russians never delve into the private sector and merely pocket the cash for their own strapped space program. They “infuse” nothing into any technologies for the world. I would challenge ssteiner to document otherwise and post.

By: GWP

GWP — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:04:04 +0000

The problem ssteiner is that the private sector just do not have the money to fund their own way into outer space. If travelling into space would be made cheaper by finding a non-expensive way to get into outer space, then the private sector would able to build their own stations, private yachets, etc. to make space tourism truly possible.
So until that time comes, the governments are the only means to get into outer space.

By: ssteiner

ssteiner — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:01:37 +0000

Millionaire space tourists tourists infuse cash into the private space industry and the private sector-friendly Russian Space Program. The private sector makes possible a whole host of technologies and opportunities for using space, for example DirecTV, and enables every day people, not just governments, to benefit from access to space. Ambitious projects involving energy, exploration, and communications outside of the scope of what governments will take on can only be done by the private sector.

By: GWP

GWP — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:14:51 +0000

The Russians should build their own space station if they want to catter to tourists. The ISS was designed for scientific purposes, not for space tourists.