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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:33 PM Original message |
NASA may abandon plans for moon base |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. Of course they wont. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. I can think of a thousand things |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I am an advocate of "deep space probes" |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. practice and knowledge |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. NASA should go to work on climate-protection-solutions for the next 20 years |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Why would NASA? |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Ok, then fire them and their contractors |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. PetScans |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-02-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I used to work in PET |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-02-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. here is a link |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Thanks |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. other science isnt going to get funded like NASA |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. If they had a DOD budget... |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. A near-Earth asteroid? |
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IDFbunny (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. If it's either/or I'd rather have a moonbase |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I'm with you, in the short term. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Robots are hopelessly inadequate for Mars exploration. It is *paramount* that we send humans there. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Getting the human there would take a bit more time and effort, though |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 04:06 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Once you're capable of going the subsequent missions are a lot easier. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. what a joke |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 04:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. A human couldn't achieve satellite mapping, but no robot can excel where a geologist would. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. there is no scientific value in sending people to the moon |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'm ok with a moon base. I'm NOT ok with a manned Mars expedition. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Why? They cost the same. |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think we can do it. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. I agree. It's impractical until we have a working space elevator.. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I'm holding out for a space escalator |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. A working space elevator would solve many of our problems with space flight |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. It would be nice if we could get some leadership from Obama on this. At the least NASA needs |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. Then can someone tell me who all our base are belong to? |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
15. Its those damn Aliens on the Moon, is'nt it?! |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
16. I'd like to see a focus on developing technologies for deflecting near-Earth asteroids |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
32. More articles on the leadership vacuum |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. He needs to nominate Neil Tyson. |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. That would be awesome. nt |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
36. Bad move. A lunar base is the first step to sustainability. |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. It's certainly the best spot for raw materials |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Make robot factories on the moon. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:26 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Best repairman is a man. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. The first step is a heavy lifter that can take us out of the Earth-Moon system, imo. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. No water + no carbon = unsustainable! |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. That's what the asteroids are for. |
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Araxen (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
38. Exploration and Branching out is a must for the survival of the human race |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
43. NASA Fiscal Year 2010 briefing later today. |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 05:02 AM Response to Original message |
45. damn! |
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