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On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:30:49 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:05:45 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:00:47 -0400, Larry
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Odd, how the government is basically dumping NASA saying private
industry
can do it better and cheaper. But government can do healthcare
better
and
cheaper. Just seems odd.



That's an interesting point.

40% of their main transport vehicles have crashed killing everyone
aboard and nobody got sued. Let's see how Rutan does with his first
crash.


You're against private enterprise? Don't you think they've consider this
in
their business model?

I don't have a problem with private enterprise but don't expect them
to do anything that does not make economic sense to them.


So, then why the comment about Rutan? He (or anyone else) will do what
makes
business sense. I get no feeling he's backing away from spaceflight.

I only questioned, how do you think his first crash will go. It
usually costs an airline about a quarter to a half billion dollars in
a crash.
I imagine a big part of the ticket price will be insurance.


No idea. It might put them out of business. It might be anything between
that and a big payout. I wonder if insurance is even an option.

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