Re: During the last ten days...


RMOLLISE wrote in message
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>Sam Wormley wrote:
>> During the last ten days...
>> I have spent much time with NASA TV on my computer... from
>> Discovery's launch and right though reentry (tomorrow). Even
>> though I post references and criticisms of the space program,
>> as I think the arguments are sound, these guys and all of
>> NASA's support teams have my total support.
>>
>> The whole of the manned space program (per year) costs less than
>> what humans spend on chewing gum (per year).
>>
>> -Sam
>
>HI Sam:
>
>I support the astronauts. And I support the idea of a manned space
>program. But NASA simply must find a way out of the useless Shuttle/ISS
>hole they've dug for themselves or there will very likely not _be_ a
>manned program before long. ;-(
>
>Peace,
>Rod Mollise
>Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
>

no Rod, there WILL be a manned space program, just not an American one. Old
fat cats can't get young and slim again.
NASA is history . NASA's risk taking is idiotic nowadays and doesn't serve
the purpose of getting there first anymore, also failure is not an option is
long forgotten , Von Braun is dead and gone , and there are _accountants_
running it , not visioneers who dedicated their whole lives to development
of space exploration.
You forgot the Chinese and their dictatorship regime . _They_ have something
to prove now, and _they_'re the world's emerging superpower . I bet the
first permanent Moon and Mars base will be Chinese .

best regards,
matt tudor


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