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Barnstormers in Space
Johnathan Briggs profiles an assortment of D.I.Y. engineers striving for the X Prize: $10 million for the first privately funded voyage to the edge of outer space. They remind me a bit of the old Association of Autonomous Astronauts -- except some of these folks might actually make it.
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Jean Bart|8.4.03 @ 1:34AM|#
Well, the only they would do is launch sattelites into space; at this point that is the only thing that is remotely profitable, despite all the yahoo about making "factories in space" and such supported by the Reagan administrion, et. al.
Madog|8.4.03 @ 4:52AM|#
There might be a market for private research and souveniers too: sample-return missions from nearby asteroids, etc. If costs can be reduced like they hope then there could be a lot of universities who want to run research projects.
|8.4.03 @ 10:47AM|#
I said lunch, not launch!
Douglas Fletcher|8.5.03 @ 6:26AM|#
Will the AAA pay for the tow if I get a flat tire on Mars?