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"Different rockets for here with much smaller footprints."
"a small rocket launch, twice a month"
I think the main point that the OP is making is that the Alaskan Aerospace Development Company has a track record of bait and switch, and that we shouldn't be assuming that what they are telling us is actually the truth. At least that's my take from it.
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Alaskan Aerospace Development Company has a track record of bait and switch
Just like the County!
We need an 0.25% GET surcharge. Temporarily. For transportation.
Also, we need to spend it on things that aren't transportation.
And it really needs to be 0.5%. Until 2030.
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I am no more moved by the anti-rocket arguments than I am by the anti-TMT arguments.
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As to “bait and switch”, in order to do anything an EA is required. The EA is public and specifies what will be done and it’s environmental impact. To state that they will bring in nuclear components and other toxins that are not defined in the EA is not credible. (Granted, one can now jump into a dozen conspiracy theories, etc - but probabilities are nil for practical purposes. Then one would have to assume that the land owners - with their most valued properties within a short distance - would allow it requires yet another jump).
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why are you shooting down the messenger. Did you not read the article? Do you always take things at face value?
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Maybe the messenger is not being factual, nor is the article, which has relatively little to do with a tiny facility here.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/04/amazon-p...twork.html
Imagine if this island could cash in on this...
"A race among several major players is underway to build a next-generation broadband network in space, as companies lay out plans to use a so-called constellation of hundreds or even thousands of small satellites. Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched two test satellites for its “Starlink” network last year, the first step toward its goal of a constellation of 4,425 satellites. Additionally, last month Softbank-backed OneWeb launched the first six satellites of its network, which plans to begin with a constellation of 650 interconnected satellites.
Boeing and Canadian operator Telesat have also revealed plans for high speed internet constellations.
OneWeb’s satellites cost about $1 million each to manufacture and the start-up plans to launch all of 650 over the next two years, with rockets lifting 30 at a time.
The SpaceX Starlink satellites were some of the smallest proposed, weighing just under 900 pounds each."
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Imagine if this island could cash in on this...
... build a next-generation broadband network in space
People who use social media to protest all manner of 21st century technology with their phone or computer wouldn't want Big Island to have an expanded choice of internet providers, with greater competition that would lower prices, because rocket exhaust might pollute the aina, unlike their '91 Tacoma, untuned since '07, "tradewinds" exhaust billowing out the back, right below their peeling "Grown Not Flown" bumper sticker.
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves
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Imagine if this island could cash in on this...
Less work to just raise property taxes^H^H^H^H^H valuations.
