"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
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On 19 Sep 2005 14:47:27 -0700, in a place far, far away, "Alex
Terrell" made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:
NASA today unveiled an ambitious blueprint
Well, I guess opinions on that may vary.
I thought I was seeing the history channel - except there was no
Kennedy to say by the end of decade - rather, we'll put some men on the
moon, when we get round to it.
With no plans for a moonbase, I'm struggling to see the point of all
this. And the architecture is about 50% more expensive than it ought to
be.
OK, is anyone other than NASA fanboys here actually excited about this
plan?
I wonder why it would take until 2018 to get somebody up there. With this
technology (the first rocket looks more like a Saturn rocket and the other
one more like an Ariane 5 !) it should not take that long!
Rene
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