Space Enthusiast (formerly Cynic)
A view of alt.space from those who STILL won't drink the kool-aid.
THE SECOND SPACE CYNICS ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION IS HERE!!! THIS TIME THE CYNICS FOCUS ON SPACE SOLAR POWER (and a few other issues). http://archived.thespaceshow.com/shows/1042-BWB-2008-10-25.mp3 Space Cynics Shubber Ali, Tom Olson (Tom’s Rants), Dr. John Jurist (Old Space Cadet) and Dr. David Livingston (Professor L) engaged in a roundtable conference call Saturday morning, Oct. […]
Read More SECOND SPACE CYNICS ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION(this post is from the Old Space Cadet) On October 13, 2008, The Space Review carried my article The commercial suborbital sounding rocket market: a role for RLVs? http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1228/1 . This article provoked some interesting commentary (and a lot that wasn’t so interesting). For convenience of the reader, I am reproducing the text of the […]
Read More Alt.Space – The Thinkers and the Lunatic FringeHaving just returned from hearing Obama speak under the St Louis Arch with approximately 100,000 of my fellow Americans, I thought I would pass on this piece of his platform that I think was perhaps the most important for Alt.Spacers and one that I had not heard before today: He will ELIMINATE capital gains tax […]
Read More If you are for Alt-Space, Obama’s your candidateIt appears that Dr. Zubrin and I agree on something after all… A recent email exchange between proponents of Space Solar Power (or as we sometime lovingly refer to them: those who gulp from the space kool-aid punch bowl), which focused on the cost of access to space and the apparent closing of the business […]
Read More SSP Makes Strange BedfellowsListen to Shubber on the Tuesday evening, Sept. 30, 2008 episode of The Space Show. Shubber is hard hitting, witty, and at times, in your face with reality and facts. We had a surprise caller, Thalia.ad.astra! Listen to her questions and answers in her own voice. Yes, she is a real, independent person who called […]
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Space Enthusiast (formerly Cynic) 