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September 26, 2016
The great advantage of the Little Space culture is that every mission is cheap enough to fail.
Planet Labs and other start-up companies have proved that the Little Space culture is ready to take over a large share of future unmanned activities in space.The question remains open whether the Little Space culture can have a similarly liberating effect on manned missions. Can we expect to see manned missions becoming radically cheaper, so that we can travel with our machines at costs that ordinary people or institutions can afford? Neither Big Space nor Little Space shows us a clear path ahead to the fantasy worlds of science fiction, where bands of brave pioneers build homes and raise children among the stars. The Green Universe: A Vision by Freeman Dyson
Posted by gerardvanderleun at September 26, 2016 5:20 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.