Replies to post #62 on COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT FEDERATION

[realbiz]

"corporate sponsors for mars trip? " What an awesome perspective funding and planning created by private entities instead of government run agencies // And for profit as well as other incentives Great DD here THANX

[Entangled Proton]

It won't be long when they'll have to change those names from Microsoft and Goog to La Grange and Marinis. The Gov is finally realizing this is not something they can stop. The writers for Space.com don't want to acknowledge Lagrange because the followers have been quite vocal about the need to exploit the mineral resources of our Solar System and the need for an independent government in space.

I think this quote from Jason who is doing quite well on the NASA website speaks for itself.

I'm not an anti-social individual, but the open vistas of a world that no human has ever set foot upon, no human eyes have witnessed for themselves', THAT is why I want to leave Earth orbit and explore. If this helps to make Earth a better place, that's great. If the resources that we can extract from the asteroids makes life better for people on Earth and in space, hey, terrific! But overall, if I could stand near the edge of Vallis Marinis, gazing across to the far side that is beneath the horizon tens of miles away, the canyon floor miles below, stretching across the from one horizon to the other, red sand dunes hundreds of feet high, blown by the merest wisp of a carbon dioxide wind in an atmosphere a hundred times thinner than the air at the top of Mount Everest, to let others see this kind of majesty through my eyes, to see the cold beauty of this untouched world...

[Entangled Proton]

Were you one of those people who got their personal infomation downloaded by Space.com then locked out of their forums ?