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On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:54:12 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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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.


That is why it might be in the national interest to give them
sovereign immunity.
If that is our only way into space and they get sued out of business
we might be back buying a ride from the Russians.
I assume, for that reason, we will still have a military space
program. It will only be science that gets privatized.
They could go for a "man rating" on the Atlas rocket and be flying
pretty quick. Just dust off some of those 30 year old capsules and
shoot.


I would go... in a heartbeat.

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