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Apr 19Liked by The Boyd Institute

Wonderful initiative. We certainly need greater industrial capacity. The vision laid out here for a maritime X prize is inspiring!

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Jan 29Liked by The Boyd Institute

Very timely. And glad to see you've included the Jones Act which, like all protectionist measures, is an unseen tax borne by consumers broadly.

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Go long.

Short is a minefield each western nation must escape, as the survivors need a literal Star to steer by - Go long - Apply to Space. Apply all these principles to space.

Take for instance cabotage into low earth orbit... what happens?

What’s the “same coastline” in space? Who launched or owns the space craft?

The Seas are now like internal canals. The Oceans above us.

In a choice between the Earth and the Open Sky America must choose the Open Sky.

...just as England chose the Open Sea over the Continent.

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