Comments on: Commercial Space Act of 2003 http://www.samizdata.net/2003/10/commercial-space-act-of-2003/ A blog for people with a critically rational individualist perspective Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:18:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ken http://www.samizdata.net/2003/10/commercial-space-act-of-2003/#comment-32183 Ken Thu, 16 Oct 2003 23:04:08 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=4775#comment-32183 There’s still a license involved in going to space, which means that the authorities can still keep a Berlin Wall in the sky simply by licensing a vanishingly small number of passengers.

I don’t think this will get us off the ground.

“We might wish for a zero regulation policy, but that is not the world we are living in. Still, we can push legislation in the direction of clarity and minimalism.”

Beware of “partial deregulation”. California tried that in the electrical market, and when a badly-designed “deregulation” plan backfired, the other side was quick to jump on the failure as proof that deregulation in general is a bad idea.

]]> By: Dave O'Neill http://www.samizdata.net/2003/10/commercial-space-act-of-2003/#comment-32182 Dave O'Neill Thu, 16 Oct 2003 13:52:42 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=4775#comment-32182 Interesting. I’ll be curious to see how this develops. Its certainly one of the big bottle necks to the development of an industry. But I’m still waiting to see how the market actually develops.

I’ve yet to be convinced by any of the business plans people have spoken to me about. The ROI just doesn’t work without some serious handwaving.

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