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| Alex Terrell |
 Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 6:57 am |
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I think this is a major improvement, for a number of reasons discusse
elsewhere.
Last night there was some guy from the Mars society on english news
saying this was really bad, because the moon's a waste of space, and
Mars has been pushed back so far that it won't happen.
There was also some planatery scientist saying this was really bad
because manned space flight is a waste of space.
I think the O'Neil followers (I guess I include myself in there)
should be quite happy. In theory, setting up a permanent lunar base
should enable use of raw materials, and we build from there.
Personally, I'm more in favour of using NEOs, but failing that, the
moon's a lot better than prancing around on the ISS. The problem of
course is in the execution. If NASA needs $12 billion just to recreate
the Apollo capsule, then we can expect another ISS fiasco, with three
men on the moon fixing the base plumbing and waiting for the next
supply ship. (I'm an astronaut - get me out of here).
The private sector funadamentalists - what do they think (Rand?)
Again, this comes back to execution. Will it crowd out the private
sector. Will it provide opportunities? |
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