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    <title><![CDATA[Discussion on The fleeting fame of commercial space travel ]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wording]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The word &quot;travel&quot; means people to me.  &quot;Flight&quot; is a better term for private commercial spacecraft without passengers.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[theotherwill]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:42:37 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sense of proportion?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-11922-79599]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Any activity that's measured in the number of times monthly, let alone annually, is going to have a negligible impact on air pollution compared to the many other activities that are measured in the quantity daily.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[theotherwill]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:41:03 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Do the Ends Justify the Means?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-11922-79611]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[This guy is totally brainwashed with WAY too much money at his disposal. The Walt Disney 'Conquest of Space' movies from the early '60's cast a spell over the Baby Boomer generation and their offspring. Now it's &quot;Mom, apple pie, and LAUNCH THE SPACED-OUT X!&quot;There is no ENVIRONMENTAL FORETHOUGHT to this endeavor.  HUGE egos are clouding certain key players from understanding of the gravity of this situation: http://darinselby.1hwy.com/floattospace.htmlI have sent numerous emails to NASA, and it has all fallen on deaf ears. They are under the 'Walt Disney/Wernher Von Braun' spell, where Nazi turns into NASA. And I do mean a 'radio silence' of ZERO replies from anyone there. Sure, the rocketry technology is quite amazing, to be able to land a vehicle the size of a van on Mars, yet at what cost and what risk? Is this activity of 'full steam ahead' with the space program really having on our environment? It's 'to the Moon, Mars and beyond' with no forethought to the TRASHING of our fragile atmospheric envelope? I would like to do an expose on all of this, and how we could actually FLOAT to the edge of space (which is really only 25 miles out), and do just about everything that we're trying to do at 10X the distance out. The name of the movie could be, &quot;What in the world are they SPEWING?&quot; http://darinselby.1hwy.com/4spaceprogramerrors.html]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[darinselby]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:36:33 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[To the everyday]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There's a memorable passage from the movie Apollo 13, when the astronauts' broadcast for TV audiences (before the service module explosion) wasn't even aired over the major networks because it was perceived the public was getting bored by moon flights. Think about it: For many, the most exciting part about a trip to DisneyWorld or DisneyLand is the roller coaster rides -- without a thought to the incredible advances in aviation technology that get them to Orlando or Anaheim in the first place. What was unimaginable 100 years ago -- transporting millions of people everyday around the globe at altitudes of 35,000 feet -- is just routine today. Hopefully, space travel will seem just as ho-hum and routine. And in the process, investors will not be scared off by the riskiness of something exotic, no more than they are scared off by the risks of commercial aviation.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe McKendrick]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:07:46 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You've got it right !]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Columbus' voyage was exciting, but the point was to make a profit, not cause excitement.We need to get off the planet, not be thrilled by spectacular exploits.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[tjsobieski@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:59:03 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think you're missing the bigger picture]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[SpaceX and similar efforts aren't supposed to be about being &quot;spectacular&quot;.  Quite the contrary; They are actually supposed to be about being &quot;routine&quot; and as unexciting as possible.  Commercial users of space aren't at all interested in &quot;exciting&quot;.  They wish to provide useful and reliable services and make money.  There's no long-term profitability in &quot;exciting&quot;.Remember, NASA's Shuttle program wasn't meant to be &quot;exciting&quot; either.  Quite the contrary; it was intended (or sold as a means) to make space flight as routine as taking an airline flight.  (A mission for which it was oversold and incapable of fulfilling)It is true that people are of short attention spans and are quickly and easily distracted.  But even though that characteristic may be viewed as a shortcoming, it also represents opportunity.  After all, it's entrepreneurs looking for the next &quot;exciting&quot; thing that often pushes technology forward and ultimately improves our lives.  There was a time when having a radio was very exciting.  And then television was exciting.  Then a color TV.  Then a VCR.  Personal computers were very exciting.  A mere 20 years ago, owning a cell phone was exiting.  Now, almost everyone in America can have a smartphone that does all those things in the palm of your hand; exciting enough that people camp out in lines to get the latest model.  Eventually smartphones will become pedestrian and we'll move on to the next &quot;exciting&quot; thing.  It's not all bad.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JohnMcGrew@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:42:43 -0700</pubDate>
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