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dolariSo, Bush is considering announcing a moon mission or two.....and retiring the shuttle fleet?
No.
USE THE SHUTTLE TO BUILD A SPACE STATION THAT MATTERS. LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
From there, you can start work on using it as a way station on the way to the moon. which can then be used as a launching point for Mars.
LIKE NASA PLANNED IN THE EARLY 70s.
Before Nixon slashed the budget, and made a Shuttle that didn't do it's job until we decided to finally build ISS in th early 90s. If NASA had had it's way we'd have gone to Mars by now. Granted there was a war going on back then, but we never revisited space after the war was over!
Not like it really matters. It's just a happy happy joy joy statement he can say to get reelected and ignore once he's back in.
Sorry about the rant, but space exploration is something really close to my heart.
No.
USE THE SHUTTLE TO BUILD A SPACE STATION THAT MATTERS. LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
From there, you can start work on using it as a way station on the way to the moon. which can then be used as a launching point for Mars.
LIKE NASA PLANNED IN THE EARLY 70s.
Before Nixon slashed the budget, and made a Shuttle that didn't do it's job until we decided to finally build ISS in th early 90s. If NASA had had it's way we'd have gone to Mars by now. Granted there was a war going on back then, but we never revisited space after the war was over!
Not like it really matters. It's just a happy happy joy joy statement he can say to get reelected and ignore once he's back in.
Sorry about the rant, but space exploration is something really close to my heart.
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