Rand Simberg ) wrote:
: On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:06:29 -0700, in a place far, far away, Mary
: Shafer made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such
: a way as to indicate that:

: Demand is such a basic driver that his insistence on its presence,
: without believable evidence, undermines Rand's apparent competence.

: "Without believable evidence"?

: I guess that's in the eye of the beholder.

Well two tourist launches in 45 years isn't too good. If you think the
first manned Sputnik isn't a fair begining date regarding tourist space
travel, then tell us what a good beginning date would be. Using the
actual first tourist lauch date isn't exactly fair either due to the fact
that it ignores any type of actual preparations.

: [1] These surveys may be proprietary or otherwise restricted, but he's
: never mentioned that when asked about them. On the other hand, I've
: never asked exactly that.

: Actually, in some cases I have stated that was the case. For
: instance, Futron's report, while not proprietary in the sense that
: they don't want people to have the information, costs $2500 dollars,
: and I'm certainly not going to repost its results on Usenet.

: By the way, I've heard rumors that they may be making it public in the
: future.

Maybe if a 1000 of us pitch in 2 and half bucks? Maybe they'll take
PayPal?

Eric