re: Suppose they are successful.

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Success_Machine — 4/8/2004 3:09:34 PM (archived)

Suppose they outsource. Suppose they re-locate their business to a 3rd world country.
Suppose they move to Canada...

Suppose they win the x-prize but are not successful in the suborbital space business. Their most obvious fallback market for rockets is probably weapons. It doesn't seem likely that they would just quit and sell housewares instead.

After the x-prize what will they do?

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I think I owe Armadillo Aerospace & John Carmack an apology. - Jacob Samorodin - 4/7/2004 5:00:02 PM
- re: X-Prize could lead to proliferation of missile technology - Success_Machine - 4/8/2004 10:54:34 AM
  - and hydrogen powered cars could lead to proliferation of hydrogen bombs - p - 4/8/2004 2:25:59 PM
    - re: that is correct, although a gasoline bomb would use a simpler lighter-weight fuel tank (n/t) - Success_Machine - 4/8/2004 2:34:47 PM
      - re: I meant Ethanol.... (n/t) - S - 4/8/2004 2:36:14 PM
  - re: proliferation of missile technology - Tom Brosz - 4/8/2004 1:51:56 PM
    - re: Suppose they are successful. - Success_Machine - 4/8/2004 3:09:34 PM
      - Yeah, Burt Rutan and Carmack are going to sell missiles to the Arabs. Jeez. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/8/2004 3:54:37 PM
        
        re: I'm not personally acquainted with Rutan or Carmack - Success_Machine - 4/8/2004 10:40:39 PM
  - Hmmm...looks like we could use a missile defense. ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/8/2004 1:50:25 PM

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