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#1 2004-10-12 07:35:34
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Re: Public Investors & Space Tourism
http://www.space.com/news/tourism_inves … nteresting article...
*...I don't see it posted previously. Anyway, check out what is said about the U.S. vs. Europe (technology development).
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#2 2004-10-12 07:49:07
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Re: Public Investors & Space Tourism
Kind of goes with this article also in that in order to develope the much needed vehicle you need a hole lot of cash but it hinges on a business plan that show there is money to be made for that amount of investment.
Can I put my ticket purchase on layaway...
Space Tourism Seeking Public Investors
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm....ceships
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#3 2004-10-12 08:02:18
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Can I put my ticket purchase on layaway...
*Sure you can! We'll make all public investor tickets part of a Blue Light Special {{ding-ding!}} indefinitely, too! 
Going back to this for a moment:
"But he then bluntly warned the group that fledgling U.S. companies may face competition from entrepreneurs around the globe because of the way the U.S. government enforces restrictions on technology.
'Europe has the same type of regulations like ours to prevent technologies from falling into the wrong hands. The difference is their implementation of those same recommendations is more realistic and allows us to run our business. And if we don't commit a crime we're free to run our business,' Anderson said. 'Here ... you're guilty before you're even out of the box.'
He asserted that those restrictions mean that the best and brightest are no longer coming to the United States to pursue careers in the space industry."
*Guilty before you're even out of the box? That has got to change. 
Strange, then, to read NASA's recurrent assertions that we are "conquering space." I see that phrase used by them in various articles about probes (current and future), etc., etc.
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#4 2004-10-12 08:18:52
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Then on the recent legislative front we witnessed the re-writing of the bill that everyone had wanted for the suborbital industry contain maybe to much of the safeguarding of the passenger from risk. It would have been a pioson pill if it had been passed. More on this can be found on the spacepolitics site.
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#5 2004-10-12 08:47:14
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It would appear that we have a new organization for space tourism.
http://www.spacetourismconference.com/
http://www.spacetourismsummit.com/
Space Tourism Initiative Announces Trade-Only Space Tourism Summit
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#6 2004-10-25 14:13:01
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It appears that another xprize contestor is continuing on with the intent to provide sub orbital flights.
Rocketplane bank rolled 17.9 million in oklahoma tax credits
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