Thread: ...Lesson for Nasa! US Airmail and Aviation
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Old May 15th 06, 05:02 PM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.history,sci.space.station
Eric Chomko
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Default ...Lesson for Nasa! US Airmail and Aviation
Rand Simberg ) wrote:
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: A market! A cargo! The US Airmail.
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: So....what is the market/cargo for space?
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: That is, of course, the heart of the problem. Where there is a market
: - comsats of various kinds - there is substantial investment and
: interest; where there isn't one, or where at the very least no one has
: thought of one, there's no investment and no interest (in the financial
: world).

: And there has been about a billion dollars of investment in private
: space vehicles recently.

With a $50K ROI? When's the break-even point, Rand? Less than a decade?
I won't being going long on commercial space company stocks just yet.

Eric