Space Race II
Jan. 9th, 2004 08:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eggwardsIt seems that President Bush has proposed Americans returning to the moon, then on to Mars. While I'm really thrilled by space exploration, watching it for all of my young life (heck, I did a science fair project on how the shuttle worked, and I'm watching for information about the current Mars Rover) I'm sort of suspicious about this announcement.
First, we don't have a space shuttle right now, so we already need a vehicle to do the "day to day" space shots. Second, it seems less about actual exploration, but more about bravado and trying to challenge the Chinese who are working on their own space program, some thirty to forty years late. Third, Where are we going to get the money. NASA's budget has been slashed in the last few years, but the federal government has already overspent its budget by millions, if not billions.
Still, it's an election year.
The story from yahoo.
First, we don't have a space shuttle right now, so we already need a vehicle to do the "day to day" space shots. Second, it seems less about actual exploration, but more about bravado and trying to challenge the Chinese who are working on their own space program, some thirty to forty years late. Third, Where are we going to get the money. NASA's budget has been slashed in the last few years, but the federal government has already overspent its budget by millions, if not billions.
Still, it's an election year.
The story from yahoo.
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Date: 2004-01-09 07:47 am (UTC)I remember how cool it was the last time his dad proposed a very similar thing and absolutely nothing at all happened.
That r00led.
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Date: 2004-01-10 11:35 am (UTC)Yeah, NASA here in town is all excited, as they would be, they haven't gotten a whole lot of attention from the government besides the Columbia breakup. Given that congress will be hard pressed to keep the budget deficit down in an election year, yeah, don't expect anything.