h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:30:31 GMT, in a place far, far away,
(Derek Lyons) made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

Joe Strout wrote:

In article . com,
"Totorkon" wrote:

What would be the best way to accomplish this? A half dozen, ten ton
payload, frequent flyer flybacks, or a couple of heavys with a two
month turnaround?

Set up a water depot in LEO, and guarantee to purchase at least 1000
tons/year from the lowest bidder to actually deliver, but with a price
cap set initially just barely within reach of current launchers. Then
lower the price cap each year for ten years, to drive continual progress.

In other words - pork and handouts.

No, handouts are when you give the money with no service provided.

Buying something for which demand exists (beyond a future handwaving
one) amounts to the same thing - giving away money in exchange for
token services.

D.
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Oct 5th, 2004 JDL