Some would argue that the Space Shuttle is now a jobs program and should be eliminated. The unmanned missions are said to be more advanced and represent NASA at its best. Sincerely, Gary Vardon The book DO It Right will help you understand vital ideas leading to your greater success. GO to PublishAmerica.com Consulting For Profit is also available. Learn how to make money as a consultant.
I would favor phasing out the shuttle only if we had another program, like Constellation, to keep our heavy lift motors in production. I firmly believe that humans must find another planet if our species is to continue. Something will happen to Earth someday and we need a backup. Besides, the uses of crewed exploration -- a radio telescope base on the far side of the moon, asteroid mining, the excitement we all feel when humans are in space -- all these are fabulous opportunities. We can't get there without heavy-lift motors. Thanks, Joe --- On Sun, 10/3/10, Gary Vardon <gvardon@webtv.net> wrote:
From: Gary Vardon <gvardon@webtv.net> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] phase out of space shuttle To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, October 3, 2010, 4:02 PM Some would argue that the Space Shuttle is now a jobs program and should be eliminated. The unmanned missions are said to be more advanced and represent NASA at its best.
Sincerely, Gary Vardon The book DO It Right will help you understand vital ideas leading to your greater success. GO to PublishAmerica.com Consulting For Profit is also available. Learn how to make money as a consultant.
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I certainly favor continued funding of NASA. As for heavy lift capability it seems the problem is lifting enough water, which NASA admits is currently impossible (even for a moon base). Lets talk about these missions after they figure out how to extract the water that has yet to be discovered. Utah's senators claim federal spending does not create jobs until spending cuts impact Utah.
Perhaps, more research (and funding) should be done to keep the earth inhabitable so we can stay here. I would favor phasing out the shuttle only if we had another program, like
Constellation, to keep our heavy lift motors in production. I firmly believe that humans must find another planet if our species is to continue. Something will happen to Earth someday and we need a backup. Besides, the uses of crewed exploration -- a radio telescope base on the far side of the moon, asteroid mining, the excitement we all feel when humans are in space -- all these are fabulous opportunities. We can't get there without heavy-lift motors. Thanks, Joe
--- On Sun, 10/3/10, Gary Vardon <gvardon@webtv.net> wrote:
From: Gary Vardon <gvardon@webtv.net> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] phase out of space shuttle To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, October 3, 2010, 4:02 PM Some would argue that the Space Shuttle is now a jobs program and should be eliminated. The unmanned missions are said to be more advanced and represent NASA at its best.
Sincerely, Gary Vardon The book DO It Right will help you understand vital ideas leading to your greater success. GO to PublishAmerica.com Consulting For Profit is also available. Learn how to make money as a consultant.
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