Posted on 12/20/2005 7:01:00 PM PST by KevinDavis
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE - Congress agreed to terms on NASA legislation formally endorsing the plan to return man to the moon and expanding a prize program inspired in part by the Ansari X Prize.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Act of 2005, agreed to by negotiators of both the Senate and House of Representatives, formally incorporates the "Vision for Space Exploration" announced in January 2004 by President George W. Bush, directing a new moon mission program.
The bill's language directs a "sustained human presence on the moon" as a means to provide a steppingstone for future missions to Mars.
"I believe that investing in NASA is an investment in our nation's future," said U.S. Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Riverside, chairman of the House subcommittee on space and aeronautics and one of the bill's negotiators.
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Great! Onward!
Amen!!
Well and good, but I sure wish it were the NASA of 1965 instead of the 2005 version.
"Well and good, but I sure wish it were the NASA of 1965 instead of the 2005 version."
Well, the 1965 version wasnt built to last very well past winning the space race. I think this ones pace will be slower, but steady and consistant into the future.
Is this a joke?
This sounds like some geriatric in Kiev calling a press conference announcing the USSR's 2005 Five Year Plan.
Congress agreed to terms on NASA legislation formally endorsing the plan to return man to the moon...
Who says we went a first time? (eerie X-files music plays softly in background)
The 1965 bunch was capable of looking forward and bringing their ideas into reality. I am no longer convinced NASA is capable of that.
Did you know about this little nugget of history:
http://www.negrospaceprogram.com/
So we can scratch the shuttle, and move on to less attractive, more reliable spacecraft?
I hope so...
It's the 2020 bunch I'm banking on. The first person to step foot on Mars I believe is alive today. Maybe we are looking at him or her in this picture :)
Now that's funny. What it reminds me of, is the attempt to rewrite our nation's founding using a similar plot line.
Let's hope so.
Back then, government scientists put men on the moon. Every one of us is using a computer more powerful than anything available to them.
Now, government scientists warn us to kill groundhogs so we don't get Monkeypox!
NASA is dead. Put it in DOD where it belongs and let free people explore space.
Well, I do have thoughts along those lines, but in fairness the private sector isn't geared up to go it alone yet. However, if NASA started providing some access to funding, I think the private sector would come up to speed rather quickly.
Not quite.
Not by any measure.
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