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**lalffibra** · 05-15-2012, 07:33 PM

For anyone who knows anything about economics, the current climate dictates that this will never take off the ground. For starters it would require cooperation between countries that aren't very interested in cooperating with each other, it will take money that nobody has or is willing to go into debt for, the only _good_ thing it could achieve is to provide employment for people, but again, who is going to pay their wages? How is this project going to make money? No one is going to throw away a bazillion dollars and get no return on their investment, and sorry, but intellectual gains don't pay the bills...

And we have faced these problems in the past, and the usual cost is always prohibitive as any worth while projects cost is, and intellectual gains most probably do pay the bills in the end with new technologies and knowledge gained.
The ability of Nations working together can work...check out the ISS...and it would work for this.
To lay back and curl up in our little shells like snails because of perceived economic difficulties, is denying our children and their children their progress into mans most important venture into the Cosmos of which he is apart.

Times are a changing...Economies will falter and boom...Politics will change and change again, but our tenure on this fart arse little blue orb is only temporary.
One way or the other, these things are going to eventuate one day...My greed though, would like to see that start before my time to kick the bucket comes.

Yes, the chances are slim to non existant as I have said up there.
But at least someone is making an effort.
And I commend and support him for that and wish him luck in getting it started.
If it doesn't happen, well then, too bad...It will be up to the next generation.

05-15-2012, 07:33 PM	#100
lalffibra Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 373 Senior Member	For anyone who knows anything about economics, the current climate dictates that this will never take off the ground. For starters it would require cooperation between countries that aren't very interested in cooperating with each other, it will take money that nobody has or is willing to go into debt for, the only _good_ thing it could achieve is to provide employment for people, but again, who is going to pay their wages? How is this project going to make money? No one is going to throw away a bazillion dollars and get no return on their investment, and sorry, but intellectual gains don't pay the bills... And we have faced these problems in the past, and the usual cost is always prohibitive as any worth while projects cost is, and intellectual gains most probably do pay the bills in the end with new technologies and knowledge gained. The ability of Nations working together can work...check out the ISS...and it would work for this. To lay back and curl up in our little shells like snails because of perceived economic difficulties, is denying our children and their children their progress into mans most important venture into the Cosmos of which he is apart. Times are a changing...Economies will falter and boom...Politics will change and change again, but our tenure on this fart arse little blue orb is only temporary. One way or the other, these things are going to eventuate one day...My greed though, would like to see that start before my time to kick the bucket comes. Yes, the chances are slim to non existant as I have said up there. But at least someone is making an effort. And I commend and support him for that and wish him luck in getting it started. If it doesn't happen, well then, too bad...It will be up to the next generation.
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