Bob Haller wrote:

Oh God, I'm so relieved. Since the moon and mars will be ultimately
lost, we don't have to worry about them colliding with the Earth
anymore, and thus there is no need for us to go there at all to divert
them into safer orbits. We'll save a bundle of money, and all our space

assets and resources can then be directed to asteroids on near term
collision courses with the Earth.

so you think its good that the beancounters have begun picking the low
hanging fruit? maybe you didnt understand? first they cut the obvious,
before you know it the new shuttle replacement program will be little
other than a ISS taxi service. the moon mars plan will be delayed
indefinetely...

Good, it's a joke. We need to kill it RIGHT NOW.

ultimately the US space program is going to go no where but maybe
round and round.

I hate to be the one to have to lay it out for you, but the Earth
revolves around the sun, the moon revolves around the Earth,
Mars revolves around the sun, asteroids revolve around the sun
the moons of Mars revolve around Mars, even the sun revolves
around the center of the galaxy. The galaxy is rotating.

Everything is going round and round. It's the collisions
that we are worried about. As far as I know, the moon
and Mars are not going to collide with the earth any time soon.

Yes, building an SRB powered CEV to go to the ISS
is PRETTY ****ING DUMB! Thank George Bush
and Michael Griffin for that little piece of intelligence.

We need methane powered engines almost as much as
we need a national debt of 10 trillion dollars.

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