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April 11th 05, 07:01 PM
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"Kevin" wrote in message news:1113222819.723040@teuthos... "Tom Randy" wrote in message news  On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 03:07:11 +0000, Von Fourche wrote: Is the Space Shuttle going to be replaced in the next ten years? Is NASA already working on their next generation space craft? How close are they to actually using it? Or will we be stuck with the current space shuttle for the next twenty or thirty years? They will phase it out in the next 5-10 years. What's next is anyone's guess. NASA have put out a request for proposals on the next generation of manned spacecraft to be called the 'Crew Exploration Vehicle'. The program is supposed to have aworking craft by 2014 for low earth orbit, and to go to the moon in about 2020. 2020? Crap, didn't Kennedy announce going to the moon in '58 or '59? And we went there within ten years? So we might be going back to the moon in fifteen years? Sounds like the drive to go back to the moon is not there. Sounds like NASA history is more exciting than NASA future. What do we do? Support the Chinese going to the moon? 
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April 11th 05, 07:51 PM
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Von Fourche wrote: "Kevin" wrote in message news:1113222819.723040@teuthos... "Tom Randy" wrote in message news On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 03:07:11 +0000, Von Fourche wrote: Is the Space Shuttle going to be replaced in the next ten years? Is NASA already working on their next generation space craft? How close are they to actually using it? Or will we be stuck with the current space shuttle for the next twenty or thirty years? They will phase it out in the next 5-10 years. What's next is anyone's guess. NASA have put out a request for proposals on the next generation of manned spacecraft to be called the 'Crew Exploration Vehicle'. The program is supposed to have aworking craft by 2014 for low earth orbit, and to go to the moon in about 2020. 2020? Crap, didn't Kennedy announce going to the moon in '58 or '59? And we went there within ten years? So we might be going back to the moon in fifteen years? Sounds like the drive to go back to the moon is not there. Sounds like NASA history is more exciting than NASA future. What do we do? Support the Chinese going to the moon? The future ain't what it used to be! Double-A
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April 11th 05, 10:43 PM
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"Double-A" wrote in message oups.com... Von Fourche wrote: "Kevin" wrote in message news:1113222819.723040@teuthos... "Tom Randy" wrote in message news
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 03:07:11 +0000, Von Fourche wrote:Is the Space Shuttle going to be replaced in the next ten years? Is NASA already working on their next generation space craft? How close are they to actually using it? Or will we be stuck with the current space shuttle for the next twenty or thirty years? They will phase it out in the next 5-10 years. What's next is anyone's guess. NASA have put out a request for proposals on the next generation of manned spacecraft to be called the 'Crew Exploration Vehicle'. The program is supposed to have aworking craft by 2014 for low earth orbit, and to go to the moon in about 2020. 2020? Crap, didn't Kennedy announce going to the moon in '58 or '59? And we went there within ten years? So we might be going back to the moon in fifteen years? Sounds like the drive to go back to the moon is not there. Sounds like NASA history is more exciting than NASA future. What do we do? Support the Chinese going to the moon? The future ain't what it used to be! Double-A I have an nice moon atlas book. The author talks about the missions to the moon and things and says there has been so much data/samples collected from the moon that it will take decades to study it all and that's one reason why trips to the moon has stopped. Would you agree?
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April 11th 05, 11:57 PM
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Von Fourche wrote: "Double-A" wrote in message oups.com... Von Fourche wrote: "Kevin" wrote in message news:1113222819.723040@teuthos... "Tom Randy" wrote in message news
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 03:07:11 +0000, Von Fourche wrote:Is the Space Shuttle going to be replaced in the next ten years? Is NASA already working on their next generation space craft? How close are they to actually using it? Or will we be stuck with the current space shuttle for the next twenty or thirty years? They will phase it out in the next 5-10 years. What's next is anyone's guess. NASA have put out a request for proposals on the next generation of manned spacecraft to be called the 'Crew Exploration Vehicle'. The program is supposed to have aworking craft by 2014 for low earth orbit, and to go to the moon in about 2020. 2020? Crap, didn't Kennedy announce going to the moon in '58 or '59? And we went there within ten years? So we might be going back to the moon in fifteen years? Sounds like the drive to go back to the moon is not there. Sounds like NASA history is more exciting than NASA future. What do we do? Support the Chinese going to the moon? The future ain't what it used to be! Double-A I have an nice moon atlas book. The author talks about the missions to the moon and things and says there has been so much data/samples collected from the moon that it will take decades to study it all and that's one reason why trips to the moon has stopped. Would you agree? No. It's because of a lack of political will, and because the populace is more interested in astrology than astronomy. If we had established permanently manned research and observation stations on the Moon, just as we have in Antarctica, we could have learned a lot more by now. Plus we would have rocketry and space vehicle technology we could build on for a trips to Mars. Double-A
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April 12th 05, 02:26 AM
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On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:43:20 GMT, "Von Fourche"
wrote: "Double-A" wrote in message roups.com... Von Fourche wrote: "Kevin" wrote in message news:1113222819.723040@teuthos... "Tom Randy" wrote in message news
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 03:07:11 +0000, Von Fourche wrote:Is the Space Shuttle going to be replaced in the next ten years? Is NASA already working on their next generation space craft? How close are they to actually using it? Or will we be stuck with the current space shuttle for the next twenty or thirty years? They will phase it out in the next 5-10 years. What's next is anyone's guess. NASA have put out a request for proposals on the next generation of manned spacecraft to be called the 'Crew Exploration Vehicle'. The program is supposed to have aworking craft by 2014 for low earth orbit, and to go to the moon in about 2020. 2020? Crap, didn't Kennedy announce going to the moon in '58 or '59? And we went there within ten years? So we might be going back to the moon in fifteen years? Sounds like the drive to go back to the moon is not there. Sounds like NASA history is more exciting than NASA future. What do we do? Support the Chinese going to the moon? The future ain't what it used to be! Double-A I have an nice moon atlas book. The author talks about the missions to the moon and things and says there has been so much data/samples collected from the moon that it will take decades to study it all and that's one reason why trips to the moon has stopped. Would you agree? No, I would say that the moon flights were canceled due to budgetary reasons
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#6
April 12th 05, 11:31 AM
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On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:43:20 +0000, Von Fourche wrote:
"Double-A" wrote in message oups.com... Von Fourche wrote: "Kevin" wrote in message news:1113222819.723040@teuthos... "Tom Randy" wrote in message news
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 03:07:11 +0000, Von Fourche wrote:Is the Space Shuttle going to be replaced in the next ten years? Is NASA already working on their next generation space craft? How close are they to actually using it? Or will we be stuck with the current space shuttle for the next twenty or thirty years? They will phase it out in the next 5-10 years. What's next is anyone's guess. NASA have put out a request for proposals on the next generation of manned spacecraft to be called the 'Crew Exploration Vehicle'. The program is supposed to have aworking craft by 2014 for low earth orbit, and to go to the moon in about 2020. 2020? Crap, didn't Kennedy announce going to the moon in '58 or '59? And we went there within ten years? So we might be going back to the moon in fifteen years? Sounds like the drive to go back to the moon is not there. Sounds like NASA history is more exciting than NASA future. What do we do? Support the Chinese going to the moon? The future ain't what it used to be! Double-A I have an nice moon atlas book. The author talks about the missions to the moon and things and says there has been so much data/samples collected from the moon that it will take decades to study it all and that's one reason why trips to the moon has stopped. Would you agree? No. The reason is money and public will. Simple as that. The data we got from Apollo will take decades to study but that doesn't mean we should stop and wait. That's just plain rediculous.
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#7
April 12th 05, 10:57 PM
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"The future ain't
What it used to be!" ~ Double-A "Nor, what It was, or promised To be." ~ Folly
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