Re:SpaceX may dig a tunnel to enable frequent South Texas la...
by Meandering on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @04:28PM
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The problem is precedence. If you let one company commandeer a public resource(in this case access) without resistance, then that will allow others to do the same. I understand your rationale but, resistance isn't necessarily bad in this case. People shouldn't have to work around companies... companies should be preventing/solving the public conflicts they create.
Re:SpaceX may dig a tunnel to enable frequent South Texas la...
by _Microft on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @04:48PM
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There is something called the "Texas Open Beaches Act" which guarantees free access to beaches in Texas. Beach closures are actually not that easy and from what I know the number of days per year on which SpaceX could request the beach to be closed is limited.
Re:SpaceX may dig a tunnel to enable frequent South Texas la...
by thehappypm on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @05:35PM
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HARD disagree. We shouldn’t take people’s access to parks and nature away to appease a private company! Ever!
Re:SpaceX may dig a tunnel to enable frequent South Texas la...
by gregoriol on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @05:36PM
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For goodness sake, it's a company, there are plenty of places it could put the facilities, it could simply relocate to another one without a road in the middle (or a beach)
Re:SpaceX may dig a tunnel to enable frequent South Texas la...
by verdverm on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @05:46PM
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Orbital rocket companies have far fewer options. They want to be as south as possible with nothing but water for quite a ways.
That basically leaves CA, FL, and TX with two having ideal launch sites that SpaceX was already using.
Re:SpaceX may dig a tunnel to enable frequent South Texas la...
by BitwiseFool on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @11:26AM
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Right? And I cannot use the beach next to naval facilities and harbors. So clearly there is a precedent for disallowing beach access near something important that has to be on the coast. There's also plenty of other beaches nearby.
Re:SpaceX may dig a tunnel to enable frequent South Texas la...
by thehappypm on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @04:46PM
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"Something important" means something our democratically elected government is in charge of, not something run by a private company.
Re:SpaceX may dig a tunnel to enable frequent South Texas la...
by BitwiseFool on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @05:53PM
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Plenty of private companies restrict beach access. Power plants, water treatment facilities, harbors.
For goodness sake, it is a beach. There are plenty of beaches along the Gulf of Mexico. You would think the city could simply say, "this is an industrial area now, you must swim elsewhere."