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...Lesson for Nasa! US Airmail and Aviation
"What began as a desire and need to carry mail by air became today's global system of passenger airlines." http://www.centennialofflight.gov/es...rmail/POL6.htm There can be little doubt that the efforts of the US govt to jump start commercial aviation has changed the world substantially and for the better. The military started off by providing the initial technology, rikkety Jennys, and some daring pilots. But the govt provided something else far more substantial to creating the world-changing industry of commercial aviation. A market! A cargo! The US Airmail. So....what is the market/cargo for space? For those at Nasa, I feel it's necessary to explain what a market system does. It has mostly to do with /supply and demand./ So....what does space have in abundance that earth does not? What do we need on earth the most which space can provide the best? A simple max/min problem of ....suppply and demand. Concerning a market between .....space and earth. Hmm, we seem to need lots of energy, clean energy, here on earth. Space seems to have plenty of solar power. A market make in heaven. ' Nasa's goal should be to provide a cargo and offer lucritive contracts to put it up. Cargo like this. Science at Nasa Beam it Down, Scotty! "Solar power collected in space and beamed to Earth could be an environmentally friendly solution to our planet's growing energy problems." http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23mar_1.htm Jonathan ps; I'd normally link to the extensive Space Solar Power home page at Nasa, with all the testimony and detailed studies. But a few weeks after I began ranting about this and linking to the page, it....disappeared! They took the Space Solar Power home page down, or moved it somewhere not easy to find. They seem rather sensitive to this issue, just one more reason to push it. If anyone can find it, I'd appreciate it. s |
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