i’m no space geek but if they could send one up no worries in the 60s why not now?
“i’m no space geek but if they could send one up no worries in the 60s why not now?”
I’ll answer that question by saying “Good enough for government work.” In other words, completely unacceptable by non-government standards. NASA has become a monstrous, inefficient beaurocracy. Things crash, break, fall apart, fail to operate, because these morons can’t even read the designs. When something’s supposed to have an auto-guidance using the metric system, and your department programs it to use feet, and no one notices... That’s a SERIOUS PROBLEM!
There are firms that would LOVE to get a contract to build a shuttle, or a space station, or get a man on the moon again. Why won’t we let them try?
Most likely it's because of the difference of mass between the Shuttle and the Ares. More mass makes pogo less of a problem.
These types of problems are going to pop up with any new program, and the media is going to blow it out of proportion.
Because in 1960 NASA was a space program, and in 2008 NASA is a federal affirmative action jobs program that needs to satisfy environmentalists and lawyers.