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DP>The federal government paid the early airlines to carry mail. In some 
DP>cases, these mail subsidies were the only thing that made 
DP>the airlines profitable.
DP>So ... it seems reasonable to wonder if a similar program 
DP>could be done for the
DP>private launcher market. What I'm proposing is that the 
DP>government agree to pay
DP>$1000/lbs to deliver 1 million pounds to LEO each year from 1995 to 20
DP>$1 billion/year, this would be a fairly small program (by 
DP>government standards).

This was run up the proverbial flagpole in the mid-1980's, and no one 
saluted. Congress was unwilling to pay real $ for this sort of thing back 
then, and less willing to do so now.

However, a variant of this idea, the Launch Services Purchase Act was 
proposed, passed, and became law through the efforts of a small group of 
activists who are now working on follow-on legislation. Care to help?


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