Where are the flying cars? I was promised flying cars!

[dolari]

So, 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.

Comments

[ascian.livejournal.com]

I've got to admit, I've never been much of a real-life space enthusiast. As a kid, I was always willing to take fiction over fact any day, and when I could focus on the blinding ease of Star Trek physics and spacetravel, the real thing was about as interesting as lighting a firecracker under a tin can. The victim of its own grandeur, the space program was *just* fantastic enough to be judged on my personal 'fiction' scale, and thus lost out horribly to effortless fantasy. And unfortunately, in this era of waning popularity for NASA and its missions, I never had opportunity to be shown otherwise.
So anyway, I've finally come to my senses enough to know that I *want* space exploration to be something really close to my heart. I've got such a hunger for adventure and discovery, it's about time I put credit where credit's due. Thanks for reminding me; seeing how you care helps me see just how much there is to care about.