Hubble Marching orders

Sander Vesik wrote:
Expect more such news in at leats both 2006 and 2007 bugets, even more so
if there is a second petty war in Middle East.

NASA's budget is increasing, it's very hard to lay the blame
of this on the war. Unless, of course, you prefer to lay the
blame of everything on the war, and the blame of the war on
Bush.

"Argh! Runny eggs again! Stupid war! fist pumping toward
the sky DAMN YOU BUUUUUUUUUUUUUSH!"

So how many Hubbles, how many missions (perhaps even manned) to Mars
could be paid for with the billions we've spent on our "mission" in the
Middle East?

Lew

On 23 Jan 2005 09:24:09 -0800, in a place far, far away,
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

So how many Hubbles, how many missions (perhaps even manned) to Mars
could be paid for with the billions we've spent on our "mission" in the
Middle East?

Not as many as could have been paid for with the trillions spent on
failed "social welfare" programs over the past forty years.

Do you have a point? An intelligent one, I mean.

Geez, the loons are out in force today. Is there a full moon?

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:32:59 GMT, in a place far, far away,
h (Rand Simberg) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

Geez, the loons are out in force today. Is there a full moon?

Hey, I just went outside and looked tonight. The moon *is* full...

Rand Simberg wrote:

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:32:59 GMT, in a place far, far away,
h (Rand Simberg) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:


Geez, the loons are out in force today. Is there a full moon?


Hey, I just went outside and looked tonight. The moon *is* full...

So you ARE a space expret!

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Rand Simberg ) wrote:
: On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:32:59 GMT, in a place far, far away,
: h (Rand Simberg) made the phosphor on my
: monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: Geez, the loons are out in force today. Is there a full moon?

: Hey, I just went outside and looked tonight. The moon *is* full...

Did you start to grow hair, fangs and paws when you looked?

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So how many Hubbles, how many missions (perhaps even manned) to Mars
could be paid for with the billions we've spent on our "mission" in the
Middle East?


None.

It's ultimately a matter of political will. If enough folks really wanted a
manned mission to Mars, the money would have been found.


Lew

Greg D. Moore \(Strider\) ) wrote:

: wrote in message
: oups.com...
: So how many Hubbles, how many missions (perhaps even manned) to Mars
: could be paid for with the billions we've spent on our "mission" in the
: Middle East?
:

: None.

: It's ultimately a matter of political will. If enough folks really wanted a
: manned mission to Mars, the money would have been found.


But is money enough? I would agree that we could do a sample return
mission that was unmanned with today's technology, but could be do an
manned mission, given the money, with today's technology? According to a
Science Channel program on nanotechnology, use in medicine is not there
yet for a three year manned journey to Mars. Keeping the astronauts
healthy during the three year journey there and back would require
breakthroughs in nanotechnology in medicine that doesn't exist yet.

Eric

(Eric Chomko) wrote in
:

But is money enough? I would agree that we could do a sample return
mission that was unmanned with today's technology, but could be do an
manned mission, given the money, with today's technology? According to
a Science Channel program on nanotechnology, use in medicine is not
there yet for a three year manned journey to Mars. Keeping the
astronauts healthy during the three year journey there and back would
require breakthroughs in nanotechnology in medicine that doesn't exist
yet.

I suspect this is a case of "if the only tool you have is a hammer, every
problem looks like a nail." Of *course* a nanotechnologist is going to
claim that a Mars mission will require breakthroughs in nanotechnology -
it's the only way *he* knows to solve the problem. That does not mean there
are no other solutions, and some of those solutions require no
breakthroughs in technology - just further development of technologies we
already have.


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Jorge R. Frank ) wrote:
: (Eric Chomko) wrote in
: :

: But is money enough? I would agree that we could do a sample return
: mission that was unmanned with today's technology, but could be do an
: manned mission, given the money, with today's technology? According to
: a Science Channel program on nanotechnology, use in medicine is not
: there yet for a three year manned journey to Mars. Keeping the
: astronauts healthy during the three year journey there and back would
: require breakthroughs in nanotechnology in medicine that doesn't exist
: yet.

: I suspect this is a case of "if the only tool you have is a hammer, every
: problem looks like a nail." Of *course* a nanotechnologist is going to
: claim that a Mars mission will require breakthroughs in nanotechnology -
: it's the only way *he* knows to solve the problem. That does not mean there
: are no other solutions, and some of those solutions require no
: breakthroughs in technology - just further development of technologies we
: already have.

How do you propose the astronauts overcome the problem with bone and
muscle degradation in zero gee for a Mars-lentgh mission?

Eric

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