Re: James Oberg On Mars!
- From: Alan Jones <alanvj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:43:41 GMT
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:10:47 +0200 (CEST), George Orwell
<nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
And what do you think would happen if the the Chinese did a manned Mars
flyby mission? I'm pretty sure that most people would argue that the
Chinese would be the dominant space power henceforth, ahead of the U.S.
MAN'S reach in space is what defines leadership in space, NOT robotic
orbiters or landers! If some people in this NG need to ask why we need
to send humans instead of machines I would tell them to get out some
more.
Should I even respond to George "nobody" Orwell?
I'm urging the Chinese to do a manned Mars flyby since it isn't that
hard,
So how influential are you with the Chinese?
Now we need a good parody of JFK's speech, in english with a Chinese
slant, urging China to commit the funding for a manned Mars flyby
"since it is not that hard."
and it would force the U.S. to do a manned Martian landing, just
to regain the leadership title. A little competition is always good in
the space exploration arena since it's expensive.
More likely, it would be a joint effort, American dreamers and
schemers partnered with the dominant world economic power.
And again, I'm
argueing for terraforming and diviyving up the real estate on Mars and
Venus amongst the nations of our planet.
I'd be happy to sell you my share of Venus real estate, if you would
simply homestead there.
Sure, robobtic exploration is cheaper, but if strikes no chord with the
public except geeks.
I seem to recall much public excitement about the Viking lander
panoramic photos, and Hubble photos are still popular with the masses.
If we use robots Congress will simply take that as
an excuse to cut the funding for NASA to the bone, the money is always
needed somewhere else. NASA needs to publicly set its goals and lobby
openly with the public and Congress for appropriate funding and resist
all the other tasks Congress wants to give it.
I make no excuses for the actions of Congress. NASA does not set its
own goals, and cannot lobby Congress. It does the best it can to
achieve the goals assigned by the executive branch and Congress.
Although, NASA does provide expert advice to the governing bodies
about the goals that could or should be assigned. NASA has very good
PR and wide spread public support, even for unmanned space
exploration. It is not in NASA's interest to refuse funding or reject
assigned tasks that they may be less enthusiastic about.
Alan
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