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To: elk who wrote (945)	3/28/1998 9:42:00 AM
From: Rick	Respond to of 7703

Thanks Elk! Reminds me of the paper I wrote back in college for a communications course (in the late 70's) re: establishing space colonies, mining asteroids for minerals - but more likely - the moon for minerals... The reason I remember it was because I sacrified going to a Pink Floyd concert in order to finish the paper on time. Got an A on the paper - but to this day I kind of wish I had hit the concert instead :-) A few yrs later - I ended up getting the same analog synthesizer keyboard that PF uses (the helicopter sounds etc.) to create my own "space" ambience... later on - in the mid-80's added a digital sampling synth to compliment it. (got rave reviews :-) Anyway - I'm digressing..(oh well) I was also hoping for this someday... (perhaps DGIV can put us "into orbit" (in share appreciation) in more ways than one..when I sell out 3 yrs from now at 120 or 6 at 440 :-) The "General Public Space Travel and Tourism" report by NASA and the Space Transportation Association was released at a press conference March 25, 1998 that featured the authors of the study as well as three members of Congress. The report was the cumulation of two years of study, which included a conference on space tourism last year. "This study concludes that serious national attention should now be given to activities that would enable the expansion of today's terrestrial space tourism businesses, and the creation of in-space travel and tourism businesses," the summary of the report stated. The reported noted that the current market for space tourism is small because of the high cost of space access, but that the market could grow dramatically as cheap access to space becomes viable. The study stated that improvements in technology and operations should allow passenger prices to fall to at least $50,000, and perhaps $10,000 to $20,000, ten years from now. At a per-ticket price of $50,000, "it is believed that there could be [on] the order of 500,000 space trip passengers/year," the report concluded. Transporting that many people to and from orbit would require roughly 1,000 times the current annual American space payload, the report concluded, but would still be far less than commercial airline traffic. The report made a number of recommendations to further space tourism. The study authors called on NASA to continue research in reduced launch costs, and also suggested that the space shuttle and International Space Station be used for "public tourist R&D [research and development] and initial 'demonstration' merchandising activities." The report also called on a number of private companies, from aerospace firms to cruise lines, hotels, and adventure tour operators, to consider the possibilities of space tourism. The report suggested the use of lotteries and auctions for early space tourism programs so that they are "conducted in an egalitarian fashion" and paid for with private funds. The report got a positive response from space activists. "It is clear with the release of today's study that the question to ask about developing a space tourism industry is no longer 'can it ever happen,' but rather 'how long until it does,'" Pat Dasch, executive director of the National Space Society, said. Commenting on the presence of the Congressmen, including Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), chair of the space subcommittee of the House Science Committee, Dasch noted, "To hear our elected officials recognize and articulate the value of space tourism as an industry is encouraging. We heartily agree with Mr. Rohrabacher's assessment of that value as 'permitting the dreamers to participate personally.'"

To: elk who wrote (945)	3/28/1998 10:06:00 AM
From: Rick	Respond to of 7703

Off topic - Elk - this is too funny....the founder used to be in the full text indexing & search biz (as was I -- as one of the guru's in that biz -- & hopefully again someday when the world is ready for protecting my intellec. capital in that area from a tech perspective..) & they are hiring - ha ha Might have to break out the 'ol resume - ha ha During 1998, SpaceDev intends to hire certain highly experienced and skilled key management. The important positions under consideration to be filled include Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Project Manager, Systems Engineer, and Sales Manager. The career of SpaceDev Founder and Chairman, James William Benson, spans thirty years. Most of his previous career was related to computer systems and software. In 1984 Mr. Benson founded Compusearch Software Systems in McLean, Virginia. The company specialized in full text indexing and search engines (predecessors to Internet web search engines), and sold full text procurement regulations, contract assembly and document management software to the federal government. Compusearch, a multi-million dollar company, experienced a growth in sales each of its eleven years and was profitable every year.