Does anyone remember a TV show in the 70s with Andy Griffith called Salvage 1?   Junk man builds rocket to salvage space junk.  I was only ~13 at the time, but i recall the government reps not being happy in the series.  It only lasted 1 season, but the concept was original.  The less said about Bezos and Musk the better.   I think it grand that Shatner got to go, just wish NASA had thought of it.   I am putting on a Nostradamus hat and forseeing that the governements will step in and curtail all of this siting public safety and the prevention of the Kessler effect (or syndrome, not sure on the name). 

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.

'Tis 39 and mostly cloudy. "Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning  then mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the middle 60s. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 60 percent."

Slim

So it's the Feds (FAA) that doesn't like a private citizen's attempt to go to space and possibly make money eventually. Oh the horror of a capitalist doing something without the government approval! LOL

Robert Heinlein actually forsaw this, and wrote several short stories about an entrprenure pursuing moon landings in spite of govt reluctance/opposition. Historically, it was the Dutch and Portuguese entrepreneurs who braved the unknown uncharted seas to explore the "new world" , sometimes assisted by the crown in various ways .... And thus opened up the trade routes.

The current batch of "explorers" are remarkably similar to the first Rockefeller and Edison fighting with competitors in the cutthroat (sometimes literally) marketplaces of the time. Some entrepreneurs had to go armed because of threats and attacks...

On the nondisclosure agreements and non-compete agreements, these are actually common when working in cutting edge tech, The guy you hire and trust to work for YOU may at any time turn out to be the guy trying to steal your secrets...  No disparage are rather new and untested, but with so many people using the social media as a court of public opinion for "character assasination" it is not surprising.

I personally feel that if one treats others fairly and expect the same from them it will lead to a more harmonious outcome... But I don't seem to have made it in the "rich guys club" either ....


Yhs Prof mumbles

CZ could use Italian parts and assemble a much more affordable SAA like USFA did when they started out.  Those guns were cheaper than a Colt and not much more than a Uberti.

I have to put "Quigley Down Under" on the list in Selleck's bests column , Call it a quartet.

In another area, it is not all that often a remake is EQUIL to an original ...

The bar is set high ...and Selleck's "Monty Walsh" was worthy of Lee Marvin's version.
Jeff Bridges "True Grit" was a fine bookend to the Duke's .....

"Magnificent 7" paled badly to Yul Brenner & Steve McQueen's original IMHO ,it just did not impress me like the
impression on my younger lofty vision....

We'll have to see if the new "Wild Bunch" remake can play in the league