"giveitawhirl2008" wrote in message
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Are you old enough to have watched the first Moon landing, live? (BTW
- Neil Armstrong apparently did NOT blow his lines. He said "One small
step for a man, One giant leap for Mankind." The "a" in "for a man"
did not come through due to the relatively poor quality of interworld
communications in 1969.)
Nah, his pause shortly after the missing word shows a consciousness of
guilt. He botched the line, plain and simple. Listen to it again, the pause
shows he knows he botched it. And the line would normally read
without any pause betwen 'for' and 'a'. So the excuse that a pause
caused the voice activated communication system doesn't ring true.
Would you like to see humans walk again on the moon? Would you like to
see humans walk on Mars?
Would you like to see people walk on the large array of awesome worlds
that await us in the OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM? That is, on the stunningly
beautiful and bizarre moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?
Would you like to accelerate YOUR chances of being able to exoplore
these worlds, one day?
I'd rather see NASA help produce a replacement for fossil fuels and solve
the climate change problem. Making America the next energy Saudi Arabia.
Creating a future for America where we go from the largest energy user
to the largest world supplier. Turning America's greatest single weakness
into it's greatest future strength. Ending wars over oil, ending Middle East
dominance and building an energy source that could benefit the third
world in ways we can only imagine.
Ask yourself, if you're a fan of all things Star Trek/Sci-fi etc.
What is it that made the Utopian dreams of Star Trek go?
Prosperity and justice for all? It was that magical energy
source they called di-lithium crystals. Endless clean energy
made...ANYTHING...possible. Travel, equal justice and
security.
This is the NASA goal that was being started....before Bush
killed it for the Moon and Mars. And if you're into conspiracy
theories, when I first came to this ng and found out about this
program I started ranting loudly about it in favor. Just three
weeks after I started going on about it, NASA dropped their
space solar power webpage which had been up for many
years. 'They' don't want to talk about it.
Laying the Foundation for Space Solar Power
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309075971
I do.
If so, here's a plan:
Congress will act on such things only if it is in the popular will to
do so. If enough people get together to show their support for HUMAN
DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION, then the President and Congress can be
motivated to provide the necessary funding.
Once the cost of blazing the trail to the outer solar system has been
blazed by government (NASA), acceleration of plans by private industry
to follow on is likely to occur.
Besides, not only later, but earlier on - with the nearer term Moon
and Mars missions - even the American space agency COULD do something
similar to what the Russiana are already doing! We COULD sell a seat
or two on some or all flights to the Moon and Mars! Not enough to pay
for the whole flight, but if it's enough to defray the total cost to
the tax payer SOME (by, let's say, upwards of a few hundred million
dollars or more), then NASA may consider it! (Note, James Cameron, the
movie producer, asked NASA about its willingness to let him fly on the
Shuttle, NASA said, "Wait." Cameron would probably be still waiting of
the Shuttle program had not been cut short.)
Then, not to put in a plug for gambling but just to note a
possibility: there's always the concept of having a spaceflight as a
Lotto prize. Volvo did this with the Spaceship One-type flight that it
intends to send passengers on, to float momentarily in space.
Ultimately, commercial space tourism to Worlds of Jupiter, the Worlds
of Saturn, including the mystery world Titan, and beyond could be
spurred once NASA has set the example and developed some new
technology, etc.
YOU could HELP this all to happen! Interested in getting together an
organization to promote this further to the public (no money nor
donations involved - it will be a "labor of love" - and internet!) ?
Post here or drop me a line!
Here is some further explanation about getting the government to fund
the technology:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.s...ca31c?hl=en&q=