Comments on Space Cynics: Space Race 2.0? Hardly.

Speaking of realism, I'm curious what your timefra...

2007-05-07T21:03:00.000-07:00

Speaking of realism, I'm curious what your timeframe is for this CRRATS, and whether everything else should just stop until this particular goal is achieved?

You're right - I don't do politics, but I do do economics (I'm an investment banker/banker/analyst/underwriter/trader - all current job titles) and I do have a bit of a grasp of the physics (ISU MSS, cum laude). I know all about

1) Are we incapable of mining the Moon?I would arg...

2007-05-05T16:21:00.000-07:00

1) Are we incapable of mining the Moon?
I would argue no, though the ability to do so escapes us at the moment. But I do not see the way things are now as the way things must always be.

We are incable right now. As per your own admission. What humanity can do or chooses to do 50, 100 or 1000 years from now is irrelevant.

2) Are we incapable of building

Okay, since I've breathed the Moondust how about:1...

2007-05-05T09:23:00.000-07:00
Okay, since I've breathed the Moondust how about:

1) Are we incapable of mining the Moon?
I would argue no, though the ability to do so escapes us at the moment. But I do not see the way things are now as the way things must always be.

2) Are we incapable of building such space vehicles?
I'm not thinking specifically in regards to NASA or RKA - they each have their own

Its sad that of all the potential markets on the m...

2007-05-02T08:25:00.000-07:00
Its sad that of all the potential markets on the moon or for lunar derived materials, that the one that is the hokiest, longest term, and most pie-in-the-sky (He3) seems to be the one that has caught the imagination of the most people.

I don't think the economics are there yet for any of the other potential lunar markets, but at least for something like PGM metals on the moon,