Well at least Russia currently has a manned space program, unlike us. We’ll see how far we get with this Project Orion or whatever it’s called, that looks a hell of a lot like the Apollo program.
Space X is also developing a spacecraft for NASA to shuttle our astronauts without the help of the Russians. If we want to improve our space program then we have to do a better job of selling its importance to Americans, congressmen won’t consider funding anything that doesn’t make them popular back home. My hunch is many Americans don’t see much value in NASA or space exploration especially after Obama mothballed it for 8 years for “muslim outreach”
We’ll see how far we get with this Project Orion or whatever it’s called, that looks a hell of a lot like the Apollo program.
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Too bad it is not the original Project Orion ... just a cheap knock off of the Apollo capsule. Nothing will come of the US space program until political will is restored, but that has been gone since 1964 and it will be difficult to restore.