tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17908317.post115657961783772652..comments2024-03-26T08:11:33.690-07:00Comments on Unenumerated: How to succeed or fail on a frontierNick Szabohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16820399856274245684noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17908317.post-1163351280958611902006-11-12T09:08:00.000-08:002006-11-12T09:08:00.000-08:00Two great examples of the small initiative are the...Two great examples of the small initiative are the work of www.spacex.com and the writing of Robert Zubrin on going to Mars... The small initiative is winning, and NASA is even starting to inspire the small player with the Centennial Challenges, based off of the X PRIZE. A change is in sight, even within NASA.Adeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18176939444534171402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17908317.post-1161278660269190182006-10-19T10:24:00.000-07:002006-10-19T10:24:00.000-07:00The most credible justification for NASA is to cre...The most credible justification for NASA is to create "public goods" -- things that private companies would tend to create much less of because they could not recoup much of the value in the form of revenues and profits. <BR/><BR/>By this view the most valuable part of NASA is that part that which produces science and engineering data that have widespread benefits in the aerospace industry, as well science that adds to our understanding of the earth's environment and basic theory.<BR/><BR/>Examples of things that are not public goods but that NASA is often tempted to engage in: trying to prematurely establish an industry by subsidizing it (because the shape of the future is best discovered by competitive experimention rather than planning)and things mainly done to glorify the government itself, as described in my article.Nick Szabohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820399856274245684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17908317.post-1161273939542142902006-10-19T09:05:00.000-07:002006-10-19T09:05:00.000-07:00Perhaps it should be left to private firms to deve...Perhaps it should be left to private firms to develop space. If so, what should NASA's role be?shanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00883257901097150702noreply@blogger.com