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re: Well put...
Wise thought...
Adam
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8/24/2009 8:02:34 AM
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A View of the Obama Admin's Revamp of Manned Spaceflight Future
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phil
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8/22/2009 4:40:51 PM
I think the most important questions haven't been addressed.
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Jefferson-Washington
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8/24/2009 6:24:31 PM
NASA's budget is worth 63 dollars per US citizen per year
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Raoul
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8/24/2009 7:37:55 PM
The Numbers Vary
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Marsby
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8/24/2009 7:03:26 PM
Is it feasible to mothball the ISS instead of deorbiting it?
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pwokenyaw
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8/23/2009 6:36:52 PM
But if it remains occupied?
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Raoul
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8/23/2009 6:42:16 PM
Then Russian ESA and Japan will have to keep it running.
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Jefferson-Washington
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8/23/2009 11:55:23 PM
You'll live long enough to see the Chinese on the Moon
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Buck Galaxy
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8/23/2009 7:17:04 AM
Well....
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Raoul
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8/23/2009 11:40:09 AM
sexing up unmanned vs doing manned
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Sawyer
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8/22/2009 7:06:57 PM
re: sexing up unmanned vs doing manned
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Doug Ellison
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8/24/2009 9:46:02 AM
re: unmanned vs manned
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TB
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8/23/2009 3:58:38 AM
Somebody said, "you don't send a robot to Paris to taste the wine."
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Jeffersoon-Washington
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8/23/2009 11:59:34 PM
Do you taste wine by having someone else drink it?
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Sawyer
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8/24/2009 12:25:08 AM
Horribly naive argument
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Sawyer
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8/23/2009 8:09:11 PM
re: Horribly naive argument
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TB
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8/23/2009 10:09:31 PM
How much would it cost to lift the Astronaut's LEG out of a mess of dirt?
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Nick Hoffman
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8/24/2009 3:28:23 AM
Other People
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Marsby
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8/24/2009 1:40:32 PM
Not True For Mars
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Marsby
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8/23/2009 9:11:50 PM
For mars right now the cost per "man hour" is infinite because we can't even get a man there
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Sawyer
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8/24/2009 12:17:54 AM
Bull
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Marsby
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8/24/2009 1:25:43 PM
Scientists do NOT have the monopoly on space exploration
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Raoul
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8/23/2009 8:44:02 PM
Real prestige will come from actually using space and making a profit
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Sawyer
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8/24/2009 12:44:49 AM
HLLV and sustainable mannes space program
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Raoul
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8/24/2009 7:21:44 AM
Well put...
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Adam
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8/23/2009 11:38:03 PM
re: Well put...
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Raoul
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8/24/2009 6:49:04 AM
Wise thought...
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Adam
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8/24/2009 8:02:34 AM
Humans....
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Raoul
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8/24/2009 7:35:51 PM
you're comparing one apple to two hundred oranges
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pwokenyaw
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8/23/2009 6:19:08 PM
And eight hundred pounds of rocks
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TB
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8/23/2009 10:17:33 PM
If we drop human spaceflight...
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Marsbug
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8/23/2009 9:05:20 PM
Why manned flights matter
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Raoul
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8/23/2009 12:41:06 AM
re: sexing up unmanned vs doing manned
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Marsbug
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8/22/2009 10:22:01 PM
Disapointing but not shocking...
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Marsbug
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8/22/2009 5:43:45 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.