Russia Aims to Launch First-Ever Commercial Space Station Within Five Years

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Top Aerospace contenders of the United States and Russia will compete in a free enterprise commercial bid to offer stays in space to people willing to spend ridiculously absurds amount of money to live in space for a few days! FEW DAYS!!

One has held supremacy in the aerospace arena sense the de-escalation of the Cold War! The other has held a monopoly on the commercial space industry sense the end of the FIRST SPACE RACE! The question is WHO WILL BE THE FIRST!! Or rather WHO WILL BE THE BEST!!!

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This time, IT'S FISCAL!!

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Just so no one gets the wrong impression, I think this is a wonderful idea. This will open access to space for people who are not government employees truly opening the final frontier to all mankind.

Who knows, the spirit of fiscal competition could serve more as a measure of vaporizing any more bad blood left between the U.S. and Russia and stimulate a stronger spirit of cooperation rather than stimulating aggressive competition as a prelude to conflict.

Just thought I'd have a little fun with the concept.

"Welcome! to the Federation Starship SS Buttcrack!!!"

Look up Bigelow Aerospace, this guy is much more wealthy than Elon Musk and has already put two test space stations in orbit. He plans on sending one for commercial resedence up in 2014.

next on the list a Vegas strip in space. not only will it cost more than I will ever make to get there but you can gamble what ever money you have left while up there. all they need to do is tie all the orbiting space stations together. when I say tie I literally mean tie them by wires.

There are uber wealthy people who want to go to space. 300 years ago there were uber wealthy people who wanted to cross the oceans and go to "america". That's expansionism. This is why we must open space to anyone who wants to get there and we must help everyone and anyone who has the money to get there. Less licensing...more expansion.

I have a thought. If China, Russia, India, Japan, and others all live, manufacture, fight, and work in space while America is stuck on Earth, then national security will be greatly compromised. If we need to be at the forefront of space exploration to ensure the safety of me and mine, then I support space exploration a thousand per cent. We just need to find the right way to do it.

The Right Way:

1] American Heavy Lift Systems.
I know this is not the best way, but we will not figure out a better way if we outsource our complete national spacecraft development to the Russians. We need to learn from the space shuttle program and move on.

2] Privatization of Space.
If outer space was handed over to the desiring population, then progress would move at least a little bit faster. This is because of competition, which has shown to accelerate technological growth in the past. My examples are both of the world wars.

3] A Clear and Definate Mission.
NASA has been floating around in limbo for an unacceptable ammount of time. If the national space program is only a duck in the water, then the best American example is pethetic. NASA should be at the fore, supported by an army of private cooporations.

Space is just waiting to be explored, there's so much out there. It matters not how difficult it is to harness, only what we are willing to give up to assume our rightful place in the stars.

I have a thought. If China, Russia, India, Japan, and others all live, manufacture, fight, and work in space while America is stuck on Earth, then national security will be greatly compromised. If we need to be at the forefront of space exploration to ensure the safety of me and mine, then I support space exploration a thousand per cent. We just need to find the right way to do it.

The Right Way:

1] American Heavy Lift Systems.
I know this is not the best way, but we will not figure out a better way if we outsource our complete national spacecraft development to the Russians. We need to learn from the space shuttle program and move on.

2] Privatization of Space.
If outer space was handed over to the desiring population, then progress would move at least a little bit faster. This is because of competition, which has shown to accelerate technological growth in the past. My examples are both of the world wars.

3] A Clear and Definate Mission.
NASA has been floating around in limbo for an unacceptable ammount of time. If the national space program is only a duck in the water, then the best American example is pethetic. NASA should be at the fore, supported by an army of private cooporations.

Space is just waiting to be explored, there's so much out there. It matters not how difficult it is to harness, only what we are willing to give up to assume our rightful place in the stars.

I have a thought. If China, Russia, India, Japan, and others all live, manufacture, fight, and work in space while America is stuck on Earth, then national security will be greatly compromised. If we need to be at the forefront of space exploration to ensure the safety of me and mine, then I support space exploration a thousand per cent. We just need to find the right way to do it.

The Right Way:

1] American Heavy Lift Systems.
I know this is not the best way, but we will not figure out a better way if we outsource our complete national spacecraft development to the Russians. We need to learn from the space shuttle program and move on.

2] Privatization of Space.
If outer space was handed over to the desiring population, then progress would move at least a little bit faster. This is because of competition, which has shown to accelerate technological growth in the past. My examples are both of the world wars.

3] A Clear and Definate Mission.
NASA has been floating around in limbo for an unacceptable ammount of time. If the national space program is only a duck in the water, then the best American example is pethetic. NASA should be at the fore, supported by an army of private cooporations.

Space is just waiting to be explored, there's so much out there. It matters not how difficult it is to harness, only what we are willing to give up to assume our rightful place in the stars.

wow triple post dude. and i agree