Comments on: How to make space pay http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/04/15/how-to-make-space-pay/ English, Rationalist and Liberal Conservative Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:19:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Dave http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/04/15/how-to-make-space-pay/#comment-4263 Sun, 16 Apr 2006 02:32:20 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/04/15/how-to-make-space-pay/#comment-4263 Oh, well I am supprised, I knew it wasn't aviation fuel but I still thought it would be derived from oil in some way as a supprisingly large amount of chemicals are. Glad to hear the situation isn't has bad as I thought. Oh, well I am supprised, I knew it wasn’t aviation fuel but I still thought it would be derived from oil in some way as a supprisingly large amount of chemicals are.

Glad to hear the situation isn’t has bad as I thought.

]]> by: Gav http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/04/15/how-to-make-space-pay/#comment-4261 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:41:42 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/04/15/how-to-make-space-pay/#comment-4261 Actually no. Launching a space rocket relies very little on having oil around as rocket fuel is not oil: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_fuel" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Gotta love Wikipedia</a>. Of course it may have some impact (as it would with all industries), but certainly not the same sort of impact as on freight and airlines. Actually no. Launching a space rocket relies very little on having oil around as rocket fuel is not oil: Gotta love Wikipedia.

Of course it may have some impact (as it would with all industries), but certainly not the same sort of impact as on freight and airlines.

]]> by: Dave http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/04/15/how-to-make-space-pay/#comment-4259 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:23:36 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/04/15/how-to-make-space-pay/#comment-4259 Hate to be negative as I am a fan of space exploration also, but once we reach 'peak oil' and the price goes high and stays high, will that not have a major impact on the cost of Space flight? Hate to be negative as I am a fan of space exploration also, but once we reach ‘peak oil’ and the price goes high and stays high, will that not have a major impact on the cost of Space flight?

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