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In reply to the discussion: The Bezos Sub-Orbital Flight Is Just an Uber Expensive E-Ticket Theme Park Ride. [View all]Happy Hoosier
(7,455 posts)Not many of us have ten days to JUST do ocean crossings.
Yes, ocean transport has not been replaced by air transport. But care to compare passenger transportation by air versus ship? I don't mean pleasure cruises, I mean point to point transport. C'mon... you KNOW better than to make that weak-sauce argument.
And yes, of course those men are building on things done with public funds. Nothing wrong with that. In fact, I'd argue that a LOT of basic research should be publicly funded with the goal of spurring commercial developments.
As a reminder, I am IN this business. In fact, most of the R&D I do is on the public dime and for the use of government.... and some of those things lead to commercial development as well. GPS, for example, is a government system, developed by and paid for by the government. Yet it is now used commercially all over the world.
And here's a little secret.... some of those commercial developments have worked their way back into systems used by the government.
So while I appreciate your condescending "recommendation," I assure you I am extremely well informed on the subject.