With the success of SpaceX's fourth Falcon 1 flight, even a bitter old curmudgeon like me has occasional, brief flashes of hope. I thought I'd start a thread devoted to the general topic of the prospects for "New Space" with a link to a short little blog post I came across that discusses the similarities and differences between the New Space businesses and the Internet and digital media business, c. early 1990s:
http://62mileclub.com/62mileblog/?p=311
At the extreme level of generality of that piece, I think it's accurate. The big questions lie in the details, though, and there are still lots of them that lie ahead ...
http://62mileclub.com/62mileblog/?p=311
At the extreme level of generality of that piece, I think it's accurate. The big questions lie in the details, though, and there are still lots of them that lie ahead ...