You do not make Mars more likely by waisting money and further erroding the public's confidence in NASA. What infrastructure from intermediate steps exactly do you think of as value in getting to Mars? A lunar base is of no use, it simply results in a net increase in fuel needed to reach Mars. A heavy lift is of no use if it has to be redesigned to get to Mars but one designed for Mars can reach the other targets. A space suit designed for 0 g or 0.16 g may not work in 0.38 g but the reverse is probably not true.
I think these points are clear Larry. Handwaiving around the terms fixation and infrastructure addresses none of them. If you really have a technical issue clearly state it instead of spouting platitudes and generalities.
Regards,
Mark
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- The whole text of HR 3057 the `Space Exploration Act of 2003'
- A few brass tacks
- EP Always Mentally Blocks Out Any Refrence To Mars
- Don't develop target fixation
- You Make No Progress Without Goals & Breaking Down The Problem
- "Mars simply represents the best target for the Human program due to a confluence of scientific interest and human potential."
- re: "Mars simply represents the best target for the Human program due to a confluence of scientific interest and human potential."
- You Missed The Point Entirely
- Go back and read the article
- Read # 11 Larry
- What part of "there are other important goals" that you don't understand?
- None, What Part About Ultimate Goal and Wasting Effort Is It That You Don't Get?
- We didn't go straight from Mercury to Apollo for a reason
- re: What part of "there are other important goals" that you don't understand?
- None, What Part About Ultimate Goal and Wasting Effort Is It That You Don't Get?
- What part of "there are other important goals" that you don't understand?
- Read # 11 Larry
- re: You Missed The Point Entirely
- Go back and read the article
- "Mars simply represents the best target for the Human program due to a confluence of scientific interest and human potential."
- You Make No Progress Without Goals & Breaking Down The Problem
- re: Right, but the delusion is in adding things not there... (n/t)
- Don't develop target fixation
- 1986
- re: The whole text of HR 3057 the `Space Exploration Act of 2003'