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Robert Clark  
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 More options Apr 8 2012, 8:25 am
Newsgroups: sci.space.policy, sci.astro, sci.physics, rec.arts.sf.science, rec.arts.sf.written
From: Robert Clark <rgregorycl...@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 05:25:53 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun, Apr 8 2012 8:25 am
Subject: Re: Recent S/F novels about commercial space flight?
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On Apr 5, 10:07 am, Robert Clark <rgregorycl...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Apr 2, 10:45 pm, DouhetSukd <douhets...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > On Mar 29, 11:47 am, Robert Clark <rgregorycl...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > Firestar quadrilogy, Michael Flynn.  Bit right-wing libertarian, but
> > not unpleasantly so.

>  Thanks for that. I was looking primarily for books set in the near
> future since my view is private, commercial spaceflight is imminent.
> It will be very important then to understand the national security
> implications of this, but discussion on this aspect of routine
> spaceflight has been virtually nil.
>  The wikipedia page on Michael Flynn mentions another example, Victor
> Koman's "Kings of the High Frontier". These two examples are actually
> right up my alley since they involve single stage to orbit vehicles,
> which I believe are key to making spaceflight routine.

>   Bob Clark

>   cf.,

> Newsgroups: sci.space.policy, sci.astro, sci.physics,
> sci.space.history
> From: Robert Clark <rgregorycl...@yahoo.com>
> Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:36:07 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: A kerosene-fueled X-33 as a single stage to orbit
> vehicle.http://groups.google.com/group/sci.space.history/msg/db4b9bcc5ca2dc05...

Just saw this on HobbySpace.com:

Moon to be private colony - NASA
by: By Doug Conway
From: AAP
April 04, 2012 2:39PM
"IF mankind ends up colonising the moon, it is likely to be led by a
commercial enterprise rather than a government."
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/moon-to-be-private-colony-nasa/s...

  Bob Clark


 
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