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02-03-2010, 09:58 PM
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Amputating all manned space would be a mistake - but it seems the budget is not doing that.
Instead LEO activities will be ceded to private companies (assuming the Dragon capsule becomes a reality, this won't be a mistake), while NASA will be tasked to do deep space missions or more risky stuff.
Personally - I always though back to the moon was a mistake, and they should have focused on more sellable firsts (like going to asteroids, visiting the moons of Mars, etc) - at least with the asteroid stuff, you can spin it as:
Mine Gold in Space! Space Dollars to Protect Earth from Killer Asteroids! etc etc
If this becomes a reality, I'm all for it. If this opens up more money for interesting missions like the Terrestial Planet Imager, I'm all for it.
If its just a back door way to kill NASA - well - FU Obama. Still wouldn't be a shock I guess. Hillary was the only candidate who gave a damn about space. Looking back, I think we'd all be better off with her as president - I'm sick of idealists in the oval office.
Give me back the days of effective pragmatists with questionable personal morals (Nixon, Clinton, etc).
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