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Old 31-December-2007, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by clint View Post
Actually, I would be surprised to find 'nations' still dominate space exploration by 2100.
Private enterprise should be the key factor by then.
Highly unlikely. The inherent short-sighted nature of private enterprise makes it poorly suited to space exploration. The current lack of anything worthwhile from the private sector (even given all the public resources they've been handed) bears this out. The whole 'space enterprise' thing is just a silly dream of entrepreneurs and free market ideologues.
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