Rutan hits 200k feet! Almost there!

It opens doors - doors that people didn't even think were there.

How so?


By demonstrating that these things can be done. When people get used to that
idea, they begin to think about the uses that these things can be put to.
Right now there are people that believe that private suborbital flight is a
silly stunt, and won't even think of its implications.

Jose



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"Teacherjh" wrote in message
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By demonstrating that these things can be done.


We already know they can be done. These things were demonstrated over forty
years ago.

In a previous article, "Steven P. McNicoll" said:
"Teacherjh" wrote in message
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By demonstrating that these things can be done.
We already know they can be done. These things were demonstrated over forty
years ago.

By hugely expensive government programs. This is metaphorically like the
garage tinkerer of 1930s science fiction novels going to space.


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- Groucho Marx

We already know they can be done. These things were demonstrated over forty
years ago.



And done for just a few piddly millions of dollars by nearly garage level
tinkers and builders?

I think not..

take care

Blll

"BllFs6" wrote in message
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And done for just a few piddly millions of dollars by nearly garage level
tinkers and builders?

I think not..


So what is the significance of it being redone relatively cheaply by garage
level tinkerers and builders?

So what is the significance of it being redone relatively cheaply by garage
level tinkerers and builders?


It becomes available.

What is the significance of spam cans costing seventeen thousand dollars an
hour?

Jose



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"Teacherjh" wrote in message
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It becomes available.


For what?



What is the significance of spam cans costing seventeen
thousand dollars an hour?


What spam can costs seventeen thousand dollars an hour?

It becomes available.

For what?


For whatever your imagination can think of. Since you can't think of anything,
we'll leave it to others.


What is the significance of spam cans costing seventeen
thousand dollars an hour?

What spam can costs seventeen thousand dollars an hour?


None. This is significant. What if they did, and other aircraft were so
similarly expensive?

Jose




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And done for just a few piddly millions of dollars by nearly garage level
tinkers and builders?

I think not..


So what is the significance of it being redone relatively cheaply by garage
level tinkerers and builders?



You answered your OWN question.....its CHEAPER...ALOT cheaper.....

Lets face it..virtually everything everyone does as a job OR a hobby has no
real "reason" for being done...other than there is a demand for it and its
cheap enough that someone/someone else will pay to see/buy/do it/have it done
for them.....

Americans spend tens of BILLIONS on porn, makeup, and disco music every
year.....

Whats the point of those?

Not a damn thing as far as I can tell....

take care

Blll

"BllFs6" wrote in message
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You answered your OWN question.....its CHEAPER...
ALOT cheaper.....


So something that has no practical purpose today can be done cheaper than it
was when done by the government four decades ago, when it did have a
practical purpose. Big deal.