http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/two-photos-thi…
After viewing this article, I realized that I really have no idea why we are ending our space program. I know that the program often comes over budget and is extremely expensive, but why are we just throwing away all the advances we have achieved in the last 50 years? Going into space is not the only accomplishment that has come out of NASA, tons of products and research that we use in our every day lives can all be attributed to NASA. We have been at the front of the space race, but it looks like we will no longer hold that title with countries like Russia right behind us.
What is the plan from here?
The space program is not over, the space shuttle is over. NASA still plans to put a man on Mars by 2030 and it currently has a robot on its way to Pluto. Obama scrapped the plans for a permanent moon base but that could come back. It's not over.
Ah okay. I admit I am very naive on this topic. NASA will continue to operate as normal, but we wont be sending astronauts into space? Will be partnering with another country to send out guys up?
the shuttle was meant to lug stuff into and out of low earth orbit and since the space station has been fully built -- and with the aging shuttle fleet, nasa in all its wisdom deceided to shut down the shuttle program. we will however be paying an exobitant amount of cash to the russians to send astronauts using the Soyuz launch vehiclle -- about 50mill per seat.
the constellation program, that was supposed to send astronauts back to the moon and build a base was scrapped by obama about a yr ago (was funded by bush, the one good thing he did!) next week the shuttle program will officially end when atlantis lands on july 21. the cancellation was not all bad however, because a larger amount of the budget is going to go into R&D -- to find new propulsion methods etc. (i.e we are testing a plasma engine that can take us to mars in 30days right now)
the goal is to let private industry develop vehicles to get is to and from the ISS, and nasa will focus more on the science and on the big picture -- landing a human on mars!
You must be mistaken. NASA's priorities have nothing to do with space exploration. More importantly, they should be making Muslims feel good about themselves.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/06/tuesdays-intriguing-people-18/?hpt…
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] Awesome speechLet's be honest with ourselves. We're not going to find extra terrestrial life, it is going to find us.
There was a documentary about this that came out recently. Something to do with lifeforms on a planet called cybertron? You should check it out.
link?
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