re: They're ALL in it for taxpayer's money

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Success_Machine — 12/10/2003 3:19:43 AM (archived)

They are all doing the same thing. Businessmen don't care where the money comes from. Burt Rutan (Scaled Composites) has built many aircraft using both commercial and government money. The White Knight looks alot like it's predecessor Proteus, a high-altitude atmospheric research aircraft that was sponsored by NASA's ERAST program. Currently Scaled Composites is building RASCAL for the US military. His brother retired Lt. Colonel Dick Rutan, USAF, is a test pilot for X-COR, the company building the EZ Rocket, and who bought out Rotary Rocket's assets and patents. Tom Brosz can probably shed even more light on the intricacies of this 'big happy family'. They are also somehow connected with Starchaser, an X-Prize contender....

Superficial. All points show a heluva lot of government money.

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Human Spaceflight - a future without NASA? - phil - 12/9/2003 6:02:57 PM
- Comm on admit it--NASA is just cover for Bush & Rumsfield's plan to Militarize Space N/T (n/t) - Ima Liberal - 12/9/2003 10:18:58 PM
- re: Human Spaceflight - a future without NASA? - Tom Brosz - 12/9/2003 7:39:53 PM
  - Congress says NASA *can* offer competitive prizes. Here's the official link documenting this... - SpaceProjects.com - 12/9/2003 8:01:55 PM
    - I didn't say they "couldn't" offer prizes. I said they "won't." (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2003 12:34:17 AM
    - re: Privatization could increase the cost to launch - Success_Machine - 12/9/2003 8:47:46 PM
      - There needs to be COMPETITION between entrepreneurial ventures, NOT merely between corrupt contractors like Boeing. - SpaceProjects.com - 12/9/2003 9:22:39 PM
        
        re: I don't believe that - Success_Machine - 12/9/2003 9:51:05 PM
        
        re: I don't believe that - McFly - 12/9/2003 10:57:43 PM
        
        re: Ok, point taken, but... - Success_Machine - 12/10/2003 12:18:03 AM
        
        re: Yuk, Yuk - Success_Machine - 12/10/2003 12:22:35 AM
        
        Itys a long way between government regulation of homebuilders and haveing a Government Homebuilding Agency - Scott Evil - 12/9/2003 10:25:54 PM
        
        re: What costs more: Building the house, or building the utilities? - Success_Machine - 12/10/2003 12:04:28 AM
        
        In the United States... Utilities and roads leading to housing developments are installed and paid for by the developers - Scott Evil - 12/10/2003 12:38:09 AM
        
        re: Ok, here is an interesting analogy - Success_Machine - 12/10/2003 1:32:22 AM
        
        re: To add to my statement - Success_Machine - 12/9/2003 9:55:50 PM
        
        re: Boeing IS an entrepreneurial venture - Success_Machine - 12/9/2003 10:22:41 PM
        
        Huh? Boeing has lobbied AGAINST tax incentives, and COMPETITIVE prizes. It hired Ms. Druyun (a corrupt Air Force contracting official) before firing her last week, too. - SpaceProjects.com - 12/9/2003 11:07:27 PM
        
        re: They are in it for the money - Success_Machine - 12/10/2003 12:06:20 AM
        
        They're in it for TAXPAYERS' money, not private consumers'. - SpaceProjects.com - 12/10/2003 2:11:21 AM
        
        re: They're ALL in it for taxpayer's money - Success_Machine - 12/10/2003 3:19:43 AM
        
        Perhaps the best test of whether a space company's truly entrepreneurial: would they support NASA's offering competitive prizes. - SpaceProjects.com - 12/10/2003 7:07:07 AM
        
        Your fixation on competitive prizes is pretty naive - Larry J - 12/10/2003 6:29:46 PM
        
        But campaign finance reform prevailed today at the Supreme Ct. level. Unions and huge contractors lost. - SpaceProjects.com - 12/10/2003 9:00:26 PM

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