[AR] Re: Blue's joyrides to space
- From: David McMillan <skyefire@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 14:35:58 -0500
On 12/22/2022 11:59 AM, Derek Lyons wrote:
The barnstormers largely used military surplus aircraft... They were
a symptom, not a cause.
So, you're saying we have to wait until retired pilots are offering
joyrides on retired Starships at county fairs? ...um... I think the
analogy starts to break down, there. :P
Jokes aside, I was thinking of how many leading lights of aircraft
design in WWII, and engineers of the Space Race, caught "the bug" by
seeing or experiencing barnstorming. And the risk factor -- taking a
hop with a barnstormer was a pretty high-risk action in those days. And
we keep talking about how the first space-tourist fatality might cripple
the industry for decades....
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