shuttle question

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:51 am

I'm still waiting for them to launch Bruce Willis on a one way trip to outer space.

TMurphy · Post by **TMurphy** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:00 am

But why would private industry really want to do it??? For the X Prize, there was a goal...$10 million and bragging rights. But for a company to seriously pursue space flight, there would beed to me some profitable gain in it. Selling rides into space? Fun idea, but an insurance nightmare. Plus, the cost for such a ride would still be very high (yes, industry could do it cheaper than NASA, but space flight still wouldn't be cheap.) Only a few very rich people would be able to do it, which makes it not a very profitable venture. The only way for a private company to profit would be to carry equipment into space for other companies. (sattelites, etc). I can see the big yellow "DHL" space plane now....

Tom Waid · Post by **Tom Waid** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:52 pm

Whatever...

...the Shuttle's fun to watch

I just took these from my driveway!