Comments on: Your Focus Determines Your Path http://selenianboondocks.com/2005/06/your-focus-determines-your-path/ Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:26:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kelly Starks http://selenianboondocks.com/2005/06/your-focus-determines-your-path/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Kelly Starks Mon, 20 Jun 2005 15:36:00 +0000 http://selenianboondocks.com/?p=4#comment-11 Good point (and good luck with the blog). NASA is building a NASA vision. Human colonization of space has never been part of that vision. In a real sence it can't be since it would leave NASA in the dust, and NASA's vision is centered on - well NASA being IN that future. Good point (and good luck with the blog). NASA is building a NASA vision. Human colonization of space has never been part of that vision. In a real sence it can’t be since it would leave NASA in the dust, and NASA’s vision is centered on – well NASA being IN that future.

]]> By: Jon Goff http://selenianboondocks.com/2005/06/your-focus-determines-your-path/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Jon Goff Sat, 18 Jun 2005 17:22:00 +0000 http://selenianboondocks.com/?p=4#comment-7 Harmon,<br/><br/>Good point. I think that if NASA decides to go the route of a building a McMurdo-on-the-Moon, that it will be a lot harder to get a good property rights structure put into place. It would be oh so easy for partners to complain that commercial development would get in the way of their science (as it probably would to at least some small degree--while vastly helping them out at the same time), and to say "this ought to be like Antartica", and use that as a precedent.<br/><br/>From thinking about that, I think that the best case scenario would be if the first landing were done by a private venture setting up facilities independent of whatever government facilities get put up. While Congress might not have much of a problem signing something that kills property rights on the moon if there is no commercial interest already there, they're a lot more likely to fight it if it's seen as impacting high-paying jobs in their districts.<br/><br/>Just a thought. Harmon,

Good point. I think that if NASA decides to go the route of a building a McMurdo-on-the-Moon, that it will be a lot harder to get a good property rights structure put into place. It would be oh so easy for partners to complain that commercial development would get in the way of their science (as it probably would to at least some small degree–while vastly helping them out at the same time), and to say “this ought to be like Antartica”, and use that as a precedent.

From thinking about that, I think that the best case scenario would be if the first landing were done by a private venture setting up facilities independent of whatever government facilities get put up. While Congress might not have much of a problem signing something that kills property rights on the moon if there is no commercial interest already there, they’re a lot more likely to fight it if it’s seen as impacting high-paying jobs in their districts.

Just a thought.

]]> By: Harmon http://selenianboondocks.com/2005/06/your-focus-determines-your-path/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Harmon Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:38:00 +0000 http://selenianboondocks.com/?p=4#comment-3 At the 2005 NSS conference in May, the space law session discussed this. Comparisons were made to the Antarctic treaty, which has succeeded in keeping the Antarctic a vast virtually uninhabited wasteland for the past 70 years - as no commercial development is allowed. And also the undersea treaty has hindered the development of the ocean floor. Commercial development, and property rights and the ability to profit from what development you create, is key. Wayne White, Bob Zimmerman, lots of like minded folks discussing similar issues. At the 2005 NSS conference in May, the space law session discussed this. Comparisons were made to the Antarctic treaty, which has succeeded in keeping the Antarctic a vast virtually uninhabited wasteland for the past 70 years – as no commercial development is allowed. And also the undersea treaty has hindered the development of the ocean floor. Commercial development, and property rights and the ability to profit from what development you create, is key. Wayne White, Bob Zimmerman, lots of like minded folks discussing similar issues.

]]> By: Dan Schrimpsher http://selenianboondocks.com/2005/06/your-focus-determines-your-path/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Dan Schrimpsher Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:14:00 +0000 http://selenianboondocks.com/?p=4#comment-2 I started a comment on this entry and it kind of grew on it's own. Good stuff. I rolled your blog, as it were. I started a comment on this entry and it kind of grew on it’s own. Good stuff. I rolled your blog, as it were.

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