Re: Barack Obama Publishes His Space Policy

Michael Gallagher wrote:
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:54:36 -0800 (PST), "Mark R. Whittington"
<mwhittingt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Senator Barack Obama has published a comprehensive space policy that
is conspicuous in what it does not mention as in what it does.
Unfortunately it constitutes a return to the 1990s during which
astronauts flew in circles in low Earth orbit and commercial space was
ignored.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/534707/barack_obama_publishes_his_space_policy.html

Well, let's remember that two months ago, everyone was worried he
would delay Orion for five years because he said he would delay
CONSTELLATION that long. Obviously, it's not as bad as that. But he
could have said something like "Our international partners will insure
we can continue to access space even as we redirect our resources to
more important matters, until we can afford such ventures." He
didn't.

Glass Half Full isn't so bad when you realize the whole damn piture
could have been poured out.

What exactly do you not understand about Constellation being a *failed* launch vehicle architecture, whether it is applied to the moon and mars or whether it is applied to low Earth orbit. It has failed. Get it?
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