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Has NASA Lost Focus?
In the last 2 weeks I've seen several, well exotic is the polite word,
proposals from NASA. They include: 1) Grabbing an asteroid robotically and parking it in lunar orbit for eventual manned visit 2) Starting nuclear rocket programs, maybe more than one. 3) Skylab II 4) Director Bolden talking about Warp Drive and beyond Mars 5) an EM-L2 visit (trip to nowhere) Plus the existing things already in work like SLS & Orion. Is this just the "run it up the flag pole and see who salutes" thing? Different centers competing? Lack of direction from Headquarters? Is there any consideration of the budget in any of these wild ideas? It just doesn't seem to be a properly run organization with a focus on worthy manned space activities. |
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On Apr 5, 9:29*pm, Robert Love wrote:
In the last 2 weeks I've seen several, well exotic is the polite word, proposals from NASA. *They include: 1) Grabbing an asteroid robotically and parking it in lunar orbit for eventual manned visit 2) Starting nuclear rocket programs, maybe more than one. 3) Skylab II 4) Director Bolden talking about Warp Drive and beyond Mars 5) an EM-L2 visit (trip to nowhere) Plus *the existing things already in work like SLS & Orion. Is this just the "run it up the flag pole and see who salutes" thing? Different centers competing? *Lack of direction from Headquarters? Is there any consideration of the budget in any of these wild ideas? It just doesn't seem to be a properly run organization with a focus on worthy manned space activities. they are struggling to find a job, and more specifically a big pork piggie project. nasa knows SLS isnt competive with private industry, so attempt to justify it or find something else to spend boatloads of money on |
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Robert Love used his keyboard to write :
In the last 2 weeks I've seen several, well exotic is the polite word, proposals from NASA. They include: 1) Grabbing an asteroid robotically and parking it in lunar orbit for eventual manned visit 2) Starting nuclear rocket programs, maybe more than one. 3) Skylab II 4) Director Bolden talking about Warp Drive and beyond Mars 5) an EM-L2 visit (trip to nowhere) Plus the existing things already in work like SLS & Orion. Is this just the "run it up the flag pole and see who salutes" thing? Different centers competing? Lack of direction from Headquarters? Is there any consideration of the budget in any of these wild ideas? It just doesn't seem to be a properly run organization with a focus on worthy manned space activities. An organization without more ideas than it can take on will fade away. And I think it's been a long time since NASA thought of things (equipment, missions, etc) without also thinking of the budget. Ultimately, NASA has to sell its ideas to Congress; this may a case of pulling together a list of doable things and seeing how they will be to sell. /dps -- But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.'" Viktor Frankl |
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Has NASA Lost Focus?
On Friday, April 5, 2013 6:29:55 PM UTC-7, Robert Love wrote:
In the last 2 weeks I've seen several, well exotic is the polite word, proposals from NASA. They include: 1) Grabbing an asteroid robotically and parking it in lunar orbit for eventual manned visit 2) Starting nuclear rocket programs, maybe more than one. 3) Skylab II 4) Director Bolden talking about Warp Drive and beyond Mars 5) an EM-L2 visit (trip to nowhere) Plus the existing things already in work like SLS & Orion. Is this just the "run it up the flag pole and see who salutes" thing? Different centers competing? Lack of direction from Headquarters? Is there any consideration of the budget in any of these wild ideas? It just doesn't seem to be a properly run organization with a focus on worthy manned space activities. It sound like they've taken a page for the Russians playbook. Propose, then propose and propose again. islam is an insult....................Trig |
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Robert Love wrote:
In the last 2 weeks I've seen several, well exotic is the polite word, proposals from NASA. They include: 1) Grabbing an asteroid robotically and parking it in lunar orbit for eventual manned visit 2) Starting nuclear rocket programs, maybe more than one. 3) Skylab II 4) Director Bolden talking about Warp Drive and beyond Mars 5) an EM-L2 visit (trip to nowhere) Plus the existing things already in work like SLS & Orion. Is this just the "run it up the flag pole and see who salutes" thing? Different centers competing? Lack of direction from Headquarters? Is there any consideration of the budget in any of these wild ideas? It just doesn't seem to be a properly run organization with a focus on worthy manned space activities. ... Moon&Mars are out of range for NASA;-) It's true. Regards Adam Przybyla |
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