Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen
Posted in Commercial Space, NASA, Propellant Depots, Space Law, Space Polity on Dec 10th, 2008
I’ve written a lot about the technical and business implications of propellant depots, and I realized I ought to discuss some of my thoughts on the the public policy side of propellant depots. On one hand, I think that propellant depots could probably be fielded eventually without any specific government assistance. On many levels I [...]
Posted in NASA, Space Development, Space Polity on Mar 10th, 2008
A statement in this post by Clark Lindsey (and a further comment by Gary Hudson) on Hobbyspace reminded me why I’m somewhat uncomfortable with the term “sustainability” as it regards space exploration. I think the danger stems from how ambiguous the term can be. When you say “sustainable space development” to someone like Clark, Gary, [...]