I sincerely support the people over at Spaceport America for their efforts in attempting to create a new form of transportation and airport. However, this is effort is just drudgery. I've been watching the news piece on their site for a while and find that it gets updated less than Max's Official website blogs. Really sad.
If America (or any company, etc.) really has interest in pushing the limits for space travel, they need t o thrum up more vibe through constant updates in news and getting the public more involved. Obviously, the average American won't have the wallet to even consider getting aboard one of these flights in their entire lifetime. Something tells me economics is playing too much of a pathetic game in hindering the progress for such a critical development in society.
On that note, I think other major tech companies should become more involved with such projects. Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, etc. should all play key roles in helping to spurt development in space exploration. They've already been progressing areas in online technology. Google has even taken initiative in Green technology in using solar power from Energy Innovations. This is definitely a worthy cause in putting money into. I see a company like Microsoft squandering billions of dollars a year in attempting to replicate what their competition is doing. Instead of playing copycat, why not focus their efforts in something innovative like space exploration where it seems dollars are difficult to scrounge up?
This is something extremely disappointing in all parties involved. Hopefully, they can remedy this in the near future to really push Man's dreams of space exploration.
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