Re: What makes an ideal Moon base?

From: Fred J. McCall (fmccall_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 01/11/05 

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:51:30 GMT

"Jeff Findley" <jeff.findley@ugs.nojunk.com> wrote:

:"Fred J. McCall" <fmccall@earthlink.net> wrote in message
:news:k7r7u0tl47q63bnfvj21ueocctvps3036m@4ax.com...
:> ISS became an aid program for the Russians. This was its death knell.
:
:Without the Russians, there was little support for ISS. From what I
:remember, Space Station Freedom was always a precious few votes away from
:being killed before the Russians were brought on.

And after, too. Buying votes for a space project because it can be
organized as foreign aid to the Russians is *NOT* a good reason for
doing it. Frankly, by the time period you're talking about, we would
have probably been better off canceling it and starting over a few
years later, anyway. That was certainly what I wanted to do and I'm
pretty pro-space.

:> The real lesson is that 'International' is not a good model for
:> operational hardware. It's where it is so that the Russians can reach
:> it from their launch sites.
:
:But that may not always be the case. Note the location of Russia's latest
:Soyuz launch pad:
:
:http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESA_Permanent_Mission_in_Russia/SEMTE91A90E_1.html
:
:Combine that with ESA's Ariane 5 for heavy lift, and now the US is at a
:"high" inclination compared to ESA and Russia.

Still too late to change it now. 

-- 
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                                      --G. Behn

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