Timeline for Why is private spaceflight suddenly expanding so quickly?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
6 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2018 at 10:08 | comment | added | David Hammen | At least until some humor-deprived bureaucrat doesn't get the joke. For some reason, the "About C3PO" link at nasa.gov/offices/c3po/home/index.html now gets a 404 error. | |
| Nov 21, 2018 at 9:49 | comment | added | David Hammen | @MagicOctopusUrn -- That legitimately is the name. nasa.gov/offices/c3po/home/index.html . Engineers have a rather dry sense of humor. And engineers (along with bureaucrats) love their acronyms. | |
| Nov 20, 2018 at 13:21 | comment | added | Magic Octopus Urn | @DavidHammen that... that can't legitimately be the name. NASA's got jokes. | |
| Feb 9, 2015 at 0:07 | comment | added | David Hammen | Re The most likely cause of the flurry of recent actual developments has to be the funding source -- Don't forget about C3PO. NASA's Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Office (C3PO) alone has put well over a billion dollars into new space. The DoD has added to that. | |
| Feb 8, 2015 at 3:51 | comment | added | kim holder | I certainly go along with the idea that having lots of billionaires in one country who are into space is a key factor. But they don't throw their money around without good reason. I feel like there has to be root changes in tech that convince them the time is ripe. The other things you mention don't seem like significant factors. NASA docs have been around for decade, Cubesats aren't going to fund much. | |
| Feb 8, 2015 at 2:15 | history | answered | geoffc | CC BY-SA 3.0 |