On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 18:41 -0500, -ray wrote: > > Nice to see some of MS' profits going to something worthwhile... > > I read that Paul Allen invested up to $30 million in the project. So > let's see, invest $30 million to win $10 million?? I don't get it. Sounds > like something MS would do, haha (i know Allen isn't involved at MS much > anymore)... Is that all they get is the money? Is there no promise of > federal contracts or government sponsored monopolies on space tourism? Or > is it all for science? Science is good, but money is money, no matter how > much you have. > > BTW, who is going to regulate space tourism? FAA? NASA? Governor Blanco? > > ray
It's not about the $10 million - the $10 million was just a carrot to wave under the nose of the developers. It's about the private sector getting involved in space travel, something which the private sector never thought feasible. Sometimes, people pursue science for the sake of science, and the advancement of the species. Not -everything- is about money. David
