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1 posted on 06/20/2018 12:51:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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There’s a few demonrats who we could send to prove him wrong.


2 posted on 06/20/2018 12:54:15 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: BenLurkin

Rockets....

No, Rocket are not all that good for space travel...

mass cancellation and electro-grativics is where it is at


3 posted on 06/20/2018 12:54:32 PM PDT by GraceG ("Q is dead, been dead a for a while...")
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Nice to see we have optimists in the astronaut corps

Any launch vehicles he ever designed?


4 posted on 06/20/2018 12:54:32 PM PDT by Regulator
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I really think they should aim a bit closer to home, myself.

The Moon is a far better target, and is a far safer bet.

When you are 50 years rusty, you have to relearn that ground.


5 posted on 06/20/2018 12:55:50 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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We won’t ever get anywhere until it becomes a commercially enterprise.

Get the government out of the way and let business do it.


7 posted on 06/20/2018 12:58:10 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: BenLurkin

A wise man once said:

...you go to space with the rocket you have, not the rocket you might want or wish to have at a later time.


9 posted on 06/20/2018 12:59:09 PM PDT by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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Space ventures are seldom decided by reason. Going to Mars is akin to going to the moon before America was discovered. Luna must first be exploited, then comes the rest of the solar system. Forget about visiting other stars, it cannot be done. The tyranny of rockets rules all space exploration. The average solar system exploring human-staffed spacecraft that leaves from the Earth will use 99% of its volume just to fling the equipment needed to explore Mars. If, however, such a venture was launched from the moon it would be able to delivery a payload to Mars and back with less than a 50% payload to boost ratio. Eventually the only thing we should be delivering into space from the Earth is humans and high-tech gear.


10 posted on 06/20/2018 12:59:14 PM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw
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I certainly hope a new space push will encourage developing better spacecraft, or what's the point.
We no longer drive around in Model T Fords or fly in Biplanes because we have better now.
It will happen again.

11 posted on 06/20/2018 12:59:16 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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Shoulda been on Mars by the late 70s or early 80s. Instead, NASA dicked off.


12 posted on 06/20/2018 1:02:54 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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They’ll get there long before that little Red car ,LOL


13 posted on 06/20/2018 1:03:26 PM PDT by butlerweave
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Stick a Democratic astronaut in a Tesla, put it on autopilot, and launch him to Mars. Let the taxpayers foot the bill. What could go wrong?


15 posted on 06/20/2018 1:07:36 PM PDT by Texicanus (GOD Bless Texas and the USA)
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Well, now we can DRIVE there, right?


16 posted on 06/20/2018 1:08:23 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ("We were designed as gardeners, not cubicle rats." (/robroys woman))
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I worked on some space shuttle experiments as a graduate student back in the early to mid 90’s. (I had about 10 years of active duty between undergrad and graduate school.) I had the pleasure of directly working for a few of the shuttle crews.

Amongst other fond memories, I got to spend a pleasant afternoon water skiing with Chris and his family just east of JSC where he lived. As the Canadian astronaut, he was a really personable guy.

As to going to Mars, he correctly points out that its going to be really tough given the challenges of keeping a life support system and all the other things required working long enough and well enough to get astronauts to Mars alive.


17 posted on 06/20/2018 1:13:03 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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Sending people to Mars will be a two step proposition, and always has been.

Step one is to lift people, fuel, and equipment to either LEO or Moon orbit, and assemble a trans-Martian space vehicle in space.

Step two is to send the trans-Martian space vehicle to Martian orbit, and ultimately to a soft landing on Mars.

20 posted on 06/20/2018 1:41:01 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Because Canada is such an authority at inventing technologies that contributed to space travel? The Canadian was just along for the ride!


21 posted on 06/20/2018 1:46:19 PM PDT by grania (President Trump, stop believing the Masters of War!)
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The first several manned spaceflight are likely to be one way trips. Too many things to go wrong plus months of exposure to cosmic rays will kill you. Not to mention the logistics of shipping enough food and water and other supplies to last close to two years.


23 posted on 06/20/2018 2:18:15 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The ONLY purpose for gun control is so that one group can force its will on a less powerful group.)
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Come on, they are going to use the new force called climate change engine power. It never stops, its result is always rising, and it meets the criteria of drawing huge sums of money to support it.


25 posted on 06/20/2018 2:21:39 PM PDT by Mouton (We have met the enemy and it is us if we believe what we hear.)
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Isn’t it great that today’s astronuts are content to just fly in an orbit and aren’t that interested in pushing the envelope? Guess that’s what happens when you stop recruiting exclusively from combat fighter pilots and test pilots.


27 posted on 06/20/2018 2:25:00 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)
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If the SpaceX BFR makes it to market, it will be a huge money making machine even without a Mars mission.


30 posted on 06/20/2018 2:31:19 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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We don’t need to go to Mars. We do need to keep the moon from being taken over by a hostile nation.


32 posted on 06/20/2018 2:44:46 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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