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Can NASA return to the Moon by 2019?
Personally I am becoming concerned the answer is no.
The technology is there if they just keep it simple but NASA seems incapable of doing things the easy way. A simple plan: A smaller CEV with mission module and expanded fuel tank later. EELV for testing and possibly ISS launch. Next 2-3 medium heavy rockets based on existing components for the early Lunar missions. For example a rocket using 2 RS-68s, 2 Rl-10s and 2 4 segment solids. 3-4 slightly heavier rockets with some new components (J2X) for advanced Lunar missions. The number of different rockets that are possible in the 50 to 80 ton range using existing technology are amazing. |
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Can NASA return to the Moon by 2019?
Didn't we already go to the moon, like, in the 1970s?
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Can NASA return to the Moon by 2019?
"Paul Foley" wrote in message ink.net... Didn't we already go to the moon, like, in the 1970s? No. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Can NASA return to the Moon by 2019?
Paul Foley wrote: Didn't we already go to the moon, like, in the 1970s? If so I would like to know what happened to the 700 or so TV film and movie tapes that NASA 'lost' recently. Also would certainly appreciate NASA doing SOMETHING to preserve still photographs: Of the 47,934 total Apollo and support missions photographs, fewer than 1350 are faithful digital reproductions.~ This means that very little over 2% of this photography has ever been seen by the public. This is unacceptable. http://www.keithlaney.net/project_fr...llo_images.htm But since they lost the Apollo tapes I unfortunately think they may 'loose' some of these nearly 48,000 images locked in vaults in Houston. Bob... |
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Can NASA return to the Moon by 2019?
rhw007 wrote:
Paul Foley wrote: Didn't we already go to the moon, like, in the 1970s? If so I would like to know what happened to the 700 or so TV film and movie tapes that NASA 'lost' recently. Also would certainly appreciate NASA doing SOMETHING to preserve still photographs: Of the 47,934 total Apollo and support missions photographs, fewer than 1350 are faithful digital reproductions.~ This means that very little over 2% of this photography has ever been seen by the public. This is unacceptable. http://www.keithlaney.net/project_fr...llo_images.htm But since they lost the Apollo tapes I unfortunately think they may 'loose' some of these nearly 48,000 images locked in vaults in Houston. NASA is a public relations disaster. It's almost like they have children working on their PR. http://cosmic.lifeform.org |
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NASA will return to the moon as soon as China has a manned moonmission.
bOn Sat, 12 Aug 2006, Douglas Holmes wrote:
Personally I am becoming concerned the answer is no. Carrying on the discussion in the title line instead of the body sucks big time, but as that's how you want it, I've obliged. |
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Can NASA return to the Moon by 2019?
Paul Foley wrote:
Didn't we already go to the moon, like, in the 1970s? Yes. Your point? Six manned landings (and assorted probes) does not full understanding make. There's a constant presence of humans in Antatctica... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._in_Antarctica ....even though it was discovered in 1820: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica Researchers don't seem on the verge of running out of new things to learn there. Why should the Moon be any different? (And unlike Antarctica [except some modest tourism...I know someone who's done it], we have a shot at doing commercially viable things on the Moon one day, as well.) After the second or third Mars expedition, will you be saying; "Screw this, we've done it. What about Jupiter?" Hell, I'm sure we'll still be learning new thigns about *Earth,* on the day we send a ship to Alpha Centauri... -- Frank You know what to remove to reply... Check out my web page: http://www.geocities.com/stardolphin1/link2.htm "Man who say it cannot be done, should not interrupt man doing it." - Chinese Proverb |
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Can NASA return to the Moon by 2019?
rhw007 wrote:
Paul Foley wrote: Didn't we already go to the moon, like, in the 1970s? If so I would like to know what happened to the 700 or so TV film and movie tapes that NASA 'lost' recently. Also would certainly appreciate NASA doing SOMETHING to preserve still photographs: Of the 47,934 total Apollo and support missions photographs, fewer than 1350 are faithful digital reproductions.~ This means that very little over 2% of this photography has ever been seen by the public. This is unacceptable. http://www.keithlaney.net/project_fr...llo_images.htm But since they lost the Apollo tapes I unfortunately think they may 'loose' some of these nearly 48,000 images locked in vaults in Houston. Bob... I do hope they get all that located sorted out, after all we spent a lot of effort and resources getting that data. But come on. Even if it was all found, digitized and made readily available on the Web (and it should be), how much of 'the public' is champing at the bit to actually see it all? -- Frank You know what to remove to reply... Check out my web page: http://www.geocities.com/stardolphin1/link2.htm "Man who say it cannot be done, should not interrupt man doing it." - Chinese Proverb |
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Can NASA return to the Moon by 2019?
On 12 Aug 2006 10:15:56 -0700, "rhw007" wrote:
Paul Foley wrote: Didn't we already go to the moon, like, in the 1970s? If so I would like to know what happened to the 700 or so TV film and movie tapes that NASA 'lost' recently. Also would certainly appreciate NASA doing SOMETHING to preserve still photographs: Of the 47,934 total Apollo and support missions photographs, fewer than 1350 are faithful digital reproductions.~ This means that very little over 2% of this photography has ever been seen by the public. This is unacceptable. http://www.keithlaney.net/project_fr...llo_images.htm But since they lost the Apollo tapes I unfortunately think they may 'loose' some of these nearly 48,000 images locked in vaults in Houston. This may explain why. http://www.lunaranomalies.com/ -- Christopher Who cares who wins !!! |
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Can NASA return to the Moon by 2019?
Frank Glover wrote:
Six manned landings (and assorted probes) does not full understanding make. There's a constant presence of humans in Antatctica... The mission to the moon wasn't about fully understanding the geology of the moon. It was about beating the Russians. We did so, and everyone promptly lost interest. If the nation were chomping at the bit to study the moon, there would be hundreds, nay thousands, of instruments sending back data from there. Researchers don't seem on the verge of running out of new things to learn there. Why should the Moon be any different? There are no cute penguins there? After the second or third Mars expedition, will you be saying; "Screw this, we've done it. What about Jupiter?" After two spectacularly successful Mars Rover missions, I'm eager to see the next generations of remote vehicles on Mars. I don't want those resources diverted, and squandered, on Buck Rogers fantasies. That's because I'm interested in science, not interested in seeing some American astronaut whacking golf balls on Mars. |
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