Rand Simberg wrote:
I have some more commentary on the Gehman report, and why we should
not build "the" next generation launch system.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,95930,00.html


Also near the end of this essay is this:


"Let's start a new space age based on the American values of competition
and individualism, rather than European (or even Soviet) ones of
monopoly and bureaucracy."

It seems to me there's free market capitalism flourishing in the
European Economic Union, as well as along the Pacific Rim. I think there
may be other entities besides the U.S. that could benefit from private
space industry.

There are some multi-national corporations that strengthen the economy
of several nations. For example CFM International is both U.S. and
French. Would they be able to compete for both U.S. incentives and
European prizes?

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