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If the government changes the way it aquires things such that for major new programs like this the only way to win a contract is to *win* a contract... then companies will change theway they do business. Lockheed will enter if for no other reason than to make sure Boeing doesn't win and gets a monopology on space launch.Indeed. I'd be for smaller prizes for tech development... but for something like cheap manned space launch, you don't *need* neato new tech. Just application of existing (and often, quite old) tech with non-governmental, non-union operations systems.If the government wanted to fund a manned, relativistic starship program... yeah, steps along the way would be good. The tech ain't there (hell, the *physics* ain't there), and there's no recognizable profit in the vehicle apart from the government contract. But cheap space launch is easily attainable... and worth attaining if for no other reason than to make sure that *you* don't get shut out of the market.
If the government changes the way it aquires things such that for major new programs like this the only way to win a contract is to *win* a contract... then companies will change theway they do business. Lockheed will enter if for no other reason than to make sure Boeing doesn't win and gets a monopology on space launch.
Indeed. I'd be for smaller prizes for tech development... but for something like cheap manned space launch, you don't *need* neato new tech. Just application of existing (and often, quite old) tech with non-governmental, non-union operations systems.
If the government wanted to fund a manned, relativistic starship program... yeah, steps along the way would be good. The tech ain't there (hell, the *physics* ain't there), and there's no recognizable profit in the vehicle apart from the government contract. But cheap space launch is easily attainable... and worth attaining if for no other reason than to make sure that *you* don't get shut out of the market.
