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Originally Posted by samkent
We could have the makers of the PT Cruiser change over to rocket building. But that might give Ares a black eye right off the bat.
Besides the way I see it is, we just don't have the need for a large number of human launches each year. They would just give us more of the same old bone studies and such.
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I'm sure we could think of something to do with it.
Tell me, if you want to make banana splits for two, would you purchase a hand of five bananas if that's all there was at the store? Why not, they're cheap and you'll probably think of another reason to eat the extra banana. Either way, it's not a big decision to make. The infrastructures of transportation, energy, manufacturing, distribution and storage, farming and commerce make it possible and even make it affordable to have bananas on a whim.
Now, what if you had to hike down to Central or South America by yourself to locate a banana in the wild for you and your friend's banana split sundae? Would it be worth it? That's kinda how some people want to look at space.