Re: International Space Station

Or break it up and use it for shuttles/command
modules to get back to the moon or on to mars

energetics and orbital mechanics may be tricky though
which only goes to re-emphasise my original points.

What is needed is the vision to see that every launch should be
a part of an integrated philosophy for realising the exploitation
of space.
THE major failing is treating each launch as a seperate mission,
hermetically sealed from all other missions for convenience and
budget. This treats the materiel from each mission like
ammunition - to be discarded after one shot.

In part this is due to how money is procured and how Nasa has
been treat like a budgetary flywheel to keep the economy ticking
over.

As such the disjointed mission oriented focus for sopping up dollars
and providing high tech jobs for the masses has basically wasted a
40 year advantage in space.

bah

get on with it NASA or get out of the way and let someone
else use the money like it should be used


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