XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics, sci.astro   
   From: droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com   
      
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   jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
      
   > Preflighting my airplane takes about 5 minutes.   
      
   You didn’t drive your airplane around town for days/weeks/months,   
   though.  And what do you do if you find your car has taken some   
   damage that made it unable/dangerous to fly?  A realistic world   
   building exercise isn’t going to yield useful results if you can’t   
   think past how you do things currently.   
      
   > There is no FAA paperwork unless you file a flight plan, and then that   
   > is automated.   
      
   Sure, sure.  The busywork is all ideally computerized.  But the point   
   is that such a setup isn’t some sort of imagined “I just drive right   
   to the airport runway and off I go.”  We’re a long way from anything   
   *near* even that kind of SF fantasy.   
      
   > There are a lot of people who do not own a car; so what?   
   >   
   > There are lots of people who do not own a motorcycle; so what?   
   >   
   > There are lots of people who do not own an airplane; so what?   
      
   Those are all the opposite of the ownership issue being discussed.   
   Your motives are now clear.  I’m done with you.   
      
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