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That remains to be seen.
That is the essence: let's get going. In our somewhat restricted opinion we (and in this case "we" is the US) should have been on the Moon permanently years ago. It is NOT that difficult, nor, in the face of giving AIG/Goldman Sachs and George Soros a few hundred billion dollars, is it that expensive!
If Heinlein says Earth Orbit is halfway there, the Moon is further. Water apparently, gravity (of great use), soil basics, energy sources, and it is just NOT that far. Agreed that the single point heavy lift one-shot unit is not necessarily the way to do it, but more often then not the way to break out of the Dark Ages (that of the George Soros,' Nancy Pelosi's, and Barbara Boxer's female introverted socialistic view of the world) is to go do it.
A leader does NOT stand around and wait for fawning ego gratification and approval like Soros, Obama, and Janet Naplitano. These are truly sick human beings. A leader, which was once the United States, gets going.
(Incidentally that is exactly what GWB was saying, regardless of technical unfamiliarity, and of course his awful inability to communicate any deeper understanding of any issue).
Johnny Suntrade
Nancy Pelosi’s husband is on the board of directors for Astrobotics.
Is NASA even constitutional? Living in Huntsville, AL this is probably heresy...but really should the federal government be funding NASA?
Uh, I’m living it every day in Huntsville. I work at NASA.
A organization without a goal is just a bunch of people consuming money and time.
Obama has given us no goal.
Constellation/Ares had it’s shortcomings, but it was also generating some neat technoligies that could be used latter down the line. Right now, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of engineers sitting here and saying, “What do you want us to start working on now?”
There is no answer.
The policy like everything Obama is doing is a defeatist policy...
The success of the moon program was not a bunch of rocks or even beating the Russians to the moon. The success which more than adequately paid for the INVESTMENT was that of scientific and technological advancement in addition to developing an actual career path promoting science and engineering education...
Ever hear the phrase "necessity is the mother of invention"?
Sitting on our ass and contract out is not leadership.
I will agree with you though that not investing in this will save money that Obama will better use providing free education to public servants e.g. social workers and psychologists and MORONS that would agree with you.
The policy is to retreat from manned space flight for the foreseeable future. In short declare defeat and surrender manned space flight to Russia, China and India. Another insane decision by an incompetent president.