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True Blue Door

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26. Good galls, in general.

Fri Sep 12, 2014, 08:42 AM

Sep 2014

Ideally, I would put it at 20% of GDP - but that's balls-out full mobilization numbers. Apollo was around 5% of GDP. And a sustainable budget would be about 2% of GDP. This 0.5% we have currently is lethal.

The logical pattern of exploration seems to be: Telescope, flyby, orbiter (with option on impactor), lander, rover, human. The bulk of our exploration now takes the form of orbiters. We need to move that to the right - more landers and rovers, and then more humans, wherever we are.

In my view, Saturns's Moons and Jupiter's Moons each deserve their own judggernaut-class huge space programs capable of surviving the radiation deeply, lingering around interesting areas, and then taking off again. I'd also send a Cassini-type thing to both Uranus and Neptune, see what's out there. Those moons looked very weird and tantalizing in the brief glimpses we got from Voyager.

It's magic to think about these things, to remind us that all our troubles are just small ripples in a huge pond of possibilities.

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Space Opinions Survey [View all] True Blue Door Sep 2014 OP

Maybe you should pst these as polls? 1) all the money for war to go to NASA. Higher. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #1

What does "Pst" mean? True Blue Door Sep 2014 #3

I'm going with "post" Agschmid Sep 2014 #7

Like Wales, maybe grahamgreen can't afford too many vowels. randome Sep 2014 #28

Pahahahaha NuclearDem Sep 2014 #32

I knew someone would get that. randome Sep 2014 #36

Gotta agree with your funding priority. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #14

My answers MohRokTah Sep 2014 #2

WRT #15, that's what we hope, but... True Blue Door Sep 2014 #4

I have to agree, but there's been social evolution since then. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #5

Absolutely, at least in some places. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #16

I disagree. Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #23

Interesting points about Europa and Titan. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #24

These answers: Tikki Sep 2014 #6

Secondary questions. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #25

1. NASA's budget should be higher. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #8

Good galls, in general. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #26

Have you read Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars? SoLeftIAmRight Sep 2014 #9

The Mars trilogy is one of the most inspiring works ever. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #17

Right now, I believe we should drop every program but those that totally foster the well being of Zorra Sep 2014 #10

Do you consider space exploration and the mastering of spaceflight critical Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #11

My friend, I don't see human survival as anything important in the current or future state of the Zorra Sep 2014 #12

I agree with everything in your posts, Zorra Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #13

I hope so, but don't want to risk destroying the universe before we Zorra Sep 2014 #15

I suspect it will be an extremely long time before we Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #18

There is a slight discontinuity of analogy. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #29

This is a pretty vague standard. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #27

Five years after Augustine: How does the panel feel about NASA�s Space Launch System? bananas Sep 2014 #19

NASA budget should be unlimited. taken out of the militarys. KG Sep 2014 #20

Love with the idea of unlimited budgets for unmanned exploration. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #30

These are all really good questions. Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #21

I like space onions... Earth_First Sep 2014 #22

NASA steelsmith Sep 2014 #31

1. Higher, along with all scientific endeavours. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #33

A larger space station and a base on mars, but I would rather we green the deserts. Sunlei Sep 2014 #34

Here we go: NuclearDem Sep 2014 #35

Humankind is not that special, and we are not yet space-worthy. hunter Sep 2014 #37

Quick answers bananas Sep 2014 #38