Posted on 11/29/2018 5:39:09 PM PST by amorphous
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Thursday that nine U.S. companies will compete to deliver experiments to the lunar surface. The space agency will buy the service and let private industry work out the details on getting there, he said.
The goal is to get small science and technology experiments to the surface of the moon as soon as possible. The first flight could be next year; 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first manned moon landing.
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Because our ‘Little Black Sambo’ didn’t like it.
Sad to think that the brilliant engineering and technological breakthroughs that allowed the U.S. to put men on the moon 50 years ago was squandered. Had the US continued with a manned moon program, we would be celebrating 25 years of manned moon bases and have made at least flybys to Mars.
The Man Who Sold The Moon:
The technical problems are solvable with money and talent. To solve the tougher financial problems, Harriman exploits commercial and political rivalries. He implies to the Moka-Coka company, for example, that rival soft drink maker 6+ plans to turn the Moon into a massive billboard, using a rocket to scatter black dust on the surface in patterns
I ponder if there is some relationship.
Thanks. I had forgotten this movie.
Decent series until the cute kid element was brought in later.
Too bad Andy Griffith was such a jerks and dim supporter.
The first moon landings were not done by NASA either. They were accomplished by NASA contractors.
The InSight team is comprised of scientists and engineers from multiple disciplines and is a unique collaboration between countries and organizations around the world. The science team includes co-investigators from the U.S., France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/mission/teams/mission/
Not a bad thing for a mission like Insight perhaps, but maybe not such a good thing either. Especially when time, money, and IP secrecy is an issue - which would be the case for corporations looking to profit from such ventures, Imho.
Oh for Pete’s sake! The ISS was international as well, yet we funded it almost single handedly. We don’t need anyone else involved.
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