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This is the big change between now and Kittinger's jump in 1960: private, truly non-governmental* companies can and will achieve incredible things just to marke
by 46Bit 14y ago
This is the big change between now and Kittinger's jump in 1960: private, truly non-governmental* companies can and will achieve incredible things just to market some sugar water.
* I see a distinction between companies like SpaceX and those like Lockheed, in the will to do things if nothing else.
- radicaldreamer 14y agoDoesn't that make sense though? 1960 was 50 years ago, the government (or multiple world governments) could be bank rolling a human mission and initial human outpost on Mars right now if that was a priority the public would support.
- 46Bit 14y agoVery true. The question is whether the government saw sense and scaled back it's unsustainable future drive, or whether things just stalled. I'm still undecided.
- aggie 14y agoThe government put a man on the moon so they could appear more technologically capable than the Soviets. Once they got their propaganda piece, the incentive died out.
- pilsetnieks 14y ago- Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life or do you want to come with me and change the world? - Both.