sci.space.policy impact on policy

On 21 Jun 2006 16:20:46 -0700, "
wrote:

How many times sci.space.policy influenced
space policy of the United States or any
other country?

sci.space.policy has tended to rather strongly overlap the Space
Access Society, such that it's probably a mistake to try and isolate
either's influence alone.

And I've seen a number of instances where ideas incubated in the
SAS/ssp community, have become established policy. The X-prize
and the recent NASA prizes, as a conspicuous example. Possibly
the DC-X, or at least the DC-XA. The renewed interest in dense
propellants and especially peroxide. Just off the top of my head.

Some small but promising enterprises, such as XCOR, would not exist
if not for SAS/ssp.

Alas, there is in some respects a negative feedback at work here.
The closer an idea gets to being "real policy" as opposed to just
usenet fodder, the less freedom its proponents have to discuss it
on usenet. So, in that respect, it may be a promising sign that
sci.space.policy is in the doldrums.


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How many times sci.space.policy influenced
space policy of the United States or any
other country?

Is there any sci.space.policy FAQ?

" wrote in
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How many times sci.space.policy influenced
space policy of the United States or any
other country?


Probably not at all. You do that at the ballot box.

rb

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:51:05 GMT, Radio Buff
wrote:

" wrote in
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How many times sci.space.policy influenced
space policy of the United States or any
other country?


Probably not at all. You do that at the ballot box.

I asked a similar question a while ago. And the conclusion was even
though several of the regular technical posters here have work
experience with Nasa or are in some way associated with Nasa, it seems
that although Nasa is aware of them, and at time reads their comments
on various relevent posts, Nasa chosses to not take any action.

--

Christopher

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How many times sci.space.policy influenced space policy of the United
States or any other country?

I'm not aware of much direct influence (in the sense of Congressional
staffers reading the newsgroup or that sort of thing).

Along with other sources like blogs and the Space Access conference,
seems to me like sci.space.policy has had something to do with the
creation and nurturing of a loose movement which tends to be called
"alt.space" or some such. The newsgroup was probably more influential
a few years ago, but I still find it worth reading. Sites like
http://www.space-access.org/ may help clarify what I mean when I say
alt.space.