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Buck Galaxy — 1/9/2004 2:46:11 PM (archived)

This may well be the biggest obstacle:

But the biggest obstacle to any new plans to push out again into deep space is developing new man rated vehicles. In the years since the shuttle was designed in the late 70s NASA has failed to finish a single other man-rated spacecraft program - despite spending over five billion dollars attempting to do so via a succession of programs that differed as much in name as they did in technologies.

It will be this issue more than anything that could bring the new plan to a crashing halt when Congress is asked to provide many billions more to a Federal agency that is renowned for doing things as badly as it can do them right - as can now be seen on Mars with the stunningly successful Mars Exploration Rover program.

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Bush and the Moon - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2004 1:03:38 AM
- btw - isn't it cool, having to decide whether the post belongs in Space or CE? (n/t) - Fox - 1/9/2004 4:52:01 PM
- Show stopper - Buck Galaxy - 1/9/2004 2:46:11 PM
  - Potentially, but not necessarily - Larry J - 1/9/2004 3:47:07 PM
    - Were You Thinking About It When You Made Your Boeing Comment? - Mark Eby - 1/10/2004 4:05:52 AM
      - Actually, that was Airbus - Larry J - 1/10/2004 2:11:23 PM
        
        PS Your Cassini Comment Ignores 2 Important Engineering Concepts - Mark Eby - 1/10/2004 4:21:04 PM
        
        If you ever had to work with the prices of aerospace systems... - Larry J - 1/12/2004 3:01:10 AM
        
        Yes On Airbus - My Mistake, Additional Questions - Mark Eby - 1/10/2004 2:57:34 PM
    - re: Potentially, but not necessarily - Scott Evil - 1/9/2004 4:18:05 PM
      - I've been thinking along these lines for several years... - Larry J - 1/9/2004 4:43:59 PM
- re: Bush and the Moon - SteveS - 1/9/2004 2:38:57 PM
- Be careful.... - Gary - 1/9/2004 5:31:01 AM
- re: Bush and the Moon - dtb - 1/9/2004 3:12:13 AM
  - Orbit-only mission - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2004 6:32:33 AM
  - A lot becomes possible with shuttle out of the way - Justin Kelly - 1/9/2004 3:46:29 AM
  - re: Bush and the Moon - Buck Galaxy - 1/9/2004 3:36:51 AM
    - Mars' Moons Make No Sense - Mark Eby - 1/9/2004 3:47:01 AM
      - Flag and foot prints.... - Gary - 1/9/2004 5:33:08 AM
- The fine print - Robert - 1/9/2004 2:03:53 AM
  - context is space station - phil - 1/9/2004 1:51:49 PM
    - Geez, Phil... - Robert - 1/9/2004 7:31:31 PM
      - That's not my take on it - Buck Galaxy - 1/9/2004 7:50:52 PM
        
        re: That's not my take on it - McFly - 1/9/2004 10:00:16 PM
    - He's just asking the question - that's a good thing. - alcaray - 1/9/2004 4:58:00 PM
      - re: He's just asking the question - that's a good thing. - phil - 1/9/2004 5:36:59 PM
        
        seems so (n/t) - alcaray - 1/9/2004 5:45:24 PM
    - probably refers only to manned programs - pwokenyaw - 1/9/2004 4:42:35 PM
  - re: How about telescopes in space? - Raoul - 1/9/2004 6:52:33 AM
    - re: A mutual concern, Raoul. (n/t) - Marcia - 1/9/2004 5:01:51 PM
  - re: The fine print - Buck Galaxy - 1/9/2004 2:42:31 AM
    - re: The fine print - Marcia - 1/9/2004 5:22:50 AM
- Fantastic!! - FrankC - 1/9/2004 1:42:00 AM
- Bigger news than Mars - Justin Kelly - 1/9/2004 1:22:48 AM
  - You're [blush!] embarrassing me, Justin! - Jacob Samorodin - 1/9/2004 4:14:38 PM
  - I heard they are going to add $800 Million to NASA's budget starting with next year. - Scott Evil - 1/9/2004 3:48:28 PM
  - May not be so bad - Buck Galaxy - 1/9/2004 1:29:33 AM
    - I count about 23 - Justin Kelly - 1/9/2004 3:24:46 AM
- Some heavy stuff here... - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2004 1:10:37 AM
  - Son of Apollo....why? - Lee - 1/9/2004 4:35:00 AM
    - re: Son of Apollo....why? - Fox - 1/9/2004 4:22:07 PM
    - re: Son of Apollo....why? - dtb - 1/9/2004 5:14:32 AM
  - Buddy if this is true... - Buck - 1/9/2004 1:15:33 AM
    - re: Buddy if this is true... - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2004 6:25:18 AM
      - Just A Retread Of Bush 1 - Mark Eby - 1/10/2004 3:52:46 AM
      - relax...the Budget will not be a problem - Scott Evil - 1/9/2004 3:42:32 PM
        
        Doesn't our record high $6.9 trillion dollar national debt suggest we're $hackled, though? - SpaceProjects.com - 1/10/2004 5:53:02 PM
    - And, if it is not true - FrankC - 1/9/2004 1:44:07 AM
      - re: And, if it is not true - Jeff - 1/9/2004 3:10:09 AM
        
        Amen, Jeff - McFly - 1/9/2004 2:29:13 PM

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