A reminder...'rocket science' is a cultural referent for 'hard to do' for a reason...
Bruce Johnson
(28 Oct 2014 23:34 UTC)
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Re: [TML] A reminder...'rocket science' is a cultural referent for 'hard to do' for a reason...
Richard Aiken
(29 Oct 2014 00:57 UTC)
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Re: [TML] A reminder...'rocket science' is a cultural referent for 'hard to do' for a reason...
Brad Rogers
(29 Oct 2014 08:21 UTC)
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Re: [TML] A reminder...'rocket science' is a cultural referent for 'hard to do' for a reason... David Shaw (29 Oct 2014 18:26 UTC)
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Re: [TML] A reminder...'rocket science' is a cultural referent for 'hard to do' for a reason...
Brad Rogers
(29 Oct 2014 18:47 UTC)
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Re: [TML] A reminder...'rocket science' is a cultural referent for 'hard to do' for a reason...
Bruce Johnson
(29 Oct 2014 20:48 UTC)
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Re: [TML] A reminder...'rocket science' is a cultural referent for 'hard to do' for a reason...
Craig Berry
(30 Oct 2014 01:19 UTC)
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Re: [TML] A reminder...'rocket science' is a cultural referent for 'hard to do' for a reason... David Shaw 29 Oct 2014 18:26 UTC
On 29/10/14 08:20, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Tue, 28 Oct 2014 20:56:59 -0400 > Richard Aiken <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Richard, > >> Although I notice that there's nothing on that page about what sort >> of rates they charge. > > If you have to ask, you can't afford it. > > Or put another way; > > If you can afford a few billion to build something to put people into > space, a million or so in insurance costs isn't going to bother you. > I was told - many years ago, so things may well have changed since - that rocket flight was considered so risky that it cost as much to insure a rocket as to build it, so nobody bothered. The fact that one company will now offer such insurance tends to suggest that the perceived risk is now lower - or that there are a lot of financially inept people in rocketing ;-) David Shaw