Posted on 09/12/2009 7:08:18 AM PDT by luckybogey
Nonsense--In fact, Astronaut Jones is in training as we speak......
Everything is doomed under Obama’s Socialist Agenda!
This provides a perfect opportunity for private space flight to (literally) take off.
Worrying about Manned space flights being a thing of the past under a doomed socialist agenda is like worrying about whether one will have time enough to hang the wallpaper in the estate suites of the Titanic!
When the only accomplishment noted for last night’s returning Discovery crew in CA...because of weather, the shuttle has to be trucked cross-country to FL...is that they took a treadmill up to the space station, you have to wonder why we are continuing such an expensive program when we are some $30 TRILLION in debt. We are going to have to look at some of these sacred cows.
In a nutshell, his commission is recommending that actually accomplishing anything is too expensive, so he is recommending that Obama shut down everything and give NASA a budget increase. I'd say he knows his boss pretty well.
But this is supposed to be the centerpiece of the socialist agenda!!! The USSR and the ChiComs both love to beat their chests about successes in space. Obama must not have gotten the memo....
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It's probably much cheaper to build and launch a new Hubble with improved technology than to design build and man a new Shuttle. Same with Mars. Send 20 more advanced rovers.
If Bill Gates wants to go to Mars, let him pay and do himself using Windoz software.
I hope so.
This program has been nothing but an unsatisfied piglet suckling on the rapidly depleting teat of the federal government sow for several decades.
I believe there is a reason to explore the outer limits. Just not through the government.
I agree that manned spaceflight has reached the end of usefulness and should be ended. It’s ironic that behind the scenes JFK thought manned space flight was a waste of money, but only kept it going for PR purposes.
There’s no point in planning any Mars mission until someone invents a method to get there much quicker to avoid radiation.
Man landed on the moon with the power of a calculator. Manned Space Flight has now progressed to the point 35 years later that we can’t even get out of low earth orbit. Go figure.
I have mixed feelings here. Personally, I want to see man in space however I believe unmanned exploration is the best economical and most practical solution. I also think we also have a national defense issue and sincerely hope the Air Force has us protected in space?
I guess it comes down to money. Guns and butter? Social programs vs investment for defense, research, and technology. $3B more needed a year over current NASA budget?
As far as Augustine, the videos that I reviewed did show a lack of understanding of the launch systems however the NASA mars presentation to the panel lacked substance?
I’m not sure NASA has a voice in this administration. I believe most NASA jobs are in FL, MD, and TX. When I see our government spend $3B for the Clunker program, I question our priorities...
Would love to hear from all the skeptics who were soooo happy that they got a President who ‘isn’t anti-science’ as they somehow convinced themselves that George Bush was (I guess because he is a Christian?) will now find out that we don’t need any pesky space exploration!
Given that this technology is how our entire nation works (satellite, weapons, internet, etc...) this is a program that MUST be funded. That’s like saying “We really can’t afford electricity, but pay the cable bill!”.
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