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ObieX · 12-06-2004, 10:34 PM

This is one of the only things I think Bush has done right. Any type of actual funding for NASA has been long over due, and giving them a clear goal and vision is just what they needed.

We haven't skipped the orbital step, We currently have a permanent space presense on the International Space Station and have had other stations before that. Granted I think we're still constructing the station (the russians are slacking on parts), but humans have been in space without interruption for 4 strait years now on the ISS. Not the same human(s) but humans in general, and humans of many different nations.

A moon "base" is currently being discussed in India by a large number of countries (there's another thread on the TFP someplace about this) that will start out as a type of robotic villiage. An army of orbital probes, surface probes, and various other robotic devices exploring for things like ice sources and resources, and exploring the moons history and make-up etc. This will pave the way for an eventual permanent presense there by humans, and the moon will also be used as a launching pad for other missions, like ones to mars and beyond. (Thus the goal's name of "Moon, Mars and Beyond".)

The ONLY problem i have with Bush's space policy is that it has been said that he wishes to change the rules we agreed to some time ago that said we would not put weapons in space, or any type of nuclear devices. It has been said that he wants to miliarize space. Of course things like nuclear reactors would possibly be needed later on to power any large craft or base, but not yet. Until that time comes we shouldn't screw with that stuff in space. It isn't needed yet on any scale and could cause complications that are not needed.

As for commercial/corporate space travel, yes they're good. More companies should step up and take some initiative in the area. But NASA is also vitally impotant to any future in space and without it we wouldn't have gotten anywhere near as far as we have now space wise, and tech wise here on earth. The things they have created and the things that are currently in development are astounding, and i encourage people to look into some of the stuff they've contributed to and have invented/are inventing and developing.

12-06-2004, 10:34 PM	#17 (permalink)
ObieX Pickles Location: Shirt and Pants (NJ)	This is one of the only things I think Bush has done right. Any type of actual funding for NASA has been long over due, and giving them a clear goal and vision is just what they needed. We haven't skipped the orbital step, We currently have a permanent space presense on the International Space Station and have had other stations before that. Granted I think we're still constructing the station (the russians are slacking on parts), but humans have been in space without interruption for 4 strait years now on the ISS. Not the same human(s) but humans in general, and humans of many different nations. A moon "base" is currently being discussed in India by a large number of countries (there's another thread on the TFP someplace about this) that will start out as a type of robotic villiage. An army of orbital probes, surface probes, and various other robotic devices exploring for things like ice sources and resources, and exploring the moons history and make-up etc. This will pave the way for an eventual permanent presense there by humans, and the moon will also be used as a launching pad for other missions, like ones to mars and beyond. (Thus the goal's name of "Moon, Mars and Beyond".) The ONLY problem i have with Bush's space policy is that it has been said that he wishes to change the rules we agreed to some time ago that said we would not put weapons in space, or any type of nuclear devices. It has been said that he wants to miliarize space. Of course things like nuclear reactors would possibly be needed later on to power any large craft or base, but not yet. Until that time comes we shouldn't screw with that stuff in space. It isn't needed yet on any scale and could cause complications that are not needed. As for commercial/corporate space travel, yes they're good. More companies should step up and take some initiative in the area. But NASA is also vitally impotant to any future in space and without it we wouldn't have gotten anywhere near as far as we have now space wise, and tech wise here on earth. The things they have created and the things that are currently in development are astounding, and i encourage people to look into some of the stuff they've contributed to and have invented/are inventing and developing. __________________ We Must Dissent.