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| Spaceport America Picture 1 |
Kimmo Huosionmaa
Above the text is a picture of Spaceport one. The space station, what is reserved the private space companies. And the shape of this space station would bring some thoughts in the reader's mind. This is the demonstration of privatization of the space industry, and when we are thinking sharp, that would be the future trend in many things, what we are thought, that they are the government's property.
Privatization of space is the way to dynamic and economical way to use space for the commercial purposes, and I think that in the near future, there will be the chemical industry in the orbiter. Those chemical factories maybe seem like some sci-fi-story, but in a realistic way, we are talking about the satellites, what has the remote-controlled chambers, where they can produce crystals. Those factory-satellites will shoot to the orbiter with standard launch vehicles like Delta of some other rocket. And if the growing those crystals and mixing the chemicals don't stand a long time, the satellite could send to the suborbital trajectory, and after the mixing, the chemicals, in the end, the satellite will be the return to the Earth.
Those chemical factories might use when there is the need for zero-gravity chemical production, but as we know the prize of that kind of production is very high. When we are talking about the tradition and morality, we must ask one question " do the private companies allowed to travel to the moon or other planets, if the governmental actors like ESA or NASA would deny their own programs for those missions". The problem with the politicians is always, that they consider about the money, what the taxpayers will give to the cashbox of the state.
It is very easy to deny the Mars or moon flights by pleading the economic situation, and of course, there will be found many "better" places, where those politicians would want to put the taxpayer's money rather than some Mars-flight. That is the problem with all space programs, what allows us to test the remote-controlled systems and explore the universe. There is always the politician who offers the health centers for people, and who has many other places like public health care for the money, what will be dumped to the space programs.
There will be very much bureaucracy, if the government wants to make some space programs. The private companies can give so many funds in their own space programs than they can get. And there will be no need to explain to anybody what those companies do with their own money. That makes their innovation process so effective because only the orders from the leaders of the companies are enough in this kind of programs. This way to think will give more sophisticated innovations than the government ever can create.
And how those workers of the companies are spending their time, is their own business. The problem with the governmental organizations is that those employers must always please all the people of the country, and that is the problem for the innovation process. Or what do you think about the situation, that something like eyeglasses or pornographic material will cause the separation for some engineers? That would be bad for the innovation process.
Picture 1
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