To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Just my opinion but I think they and we would be better served by a horde of robotic MOON explorers, land them at the poles! It's where we are going next!
4 posted on
03/12/2007 3:28:13 PM PDT by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: tet68
Agree that the United States should pick up the pace of human exploration--and this would be facilitated by more unmanned missions to the Moon (and Mars). The PRC is set to send an unmanned probe around the Moon this year, and they predict that they'll send their first man to the Moon by 2015. The United States hampered itself with the International Space Station, letting other countries work on catching up, and giving Russia a breather to rebuild its economy so that it can continue its competition in space with the United States.
5 posted on
03/12/2007 3:33:46 PM PDT by
Jedi Master Pikachu
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To: tet68
I'm about as interested in anything going to the moon as I am in a probe going to East St. Louis.
To: tet68
The original intent of the RLEP program was to put up a moon orbiter every year until Orion comes. However, I think the program is going to die after LRO (the first mission) is completed. Which is a shame -- we know more about Mars than the Moon thanks to the large number of Martian probes in the last ten years.
13 posted on
03/17/2007 1:52:40 PM PDT by
MikeD
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