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As an Air Force veteran of Space Division, I always thought that the future would see a transition of space activities from the Air Force to the Navy, when long endurance missions involving large crew in spaceships, became routine. After all, the Navy has had hundreds of years of experience with "ships", so why not those operating in space?

However, this is counting our chickens before they hatch - dividing nonexistent spoils. We are NOWHERE in manned spaceflight....and languishing there fast. The national will to get out there and do something in space has frittered away to nothing. And we're now down to three fat albatrosses which are currently as airworthy as pink or white elephants.

We're gonna need a buncha Burt Rutan's to show the way to routine and economical space access, or hope for an alien Pearl Harbor to galvanize a renewed space initiative.

"The national will to get out there and do something in space has frittered away to nothing."

Yeah, you commonly hear people saying that any funding allocated to space research would be better spent on social engineering.

Probably you're right, when there's profit to be made, private companies will show the way. Maybe under goverment contract.

Personally I hope there is no Alien Pearl Harbor, but I have a feeling there is going to be one.

As an Air Force veteran of Space Division, I always thought that the future would see a transition of space activities from the Air Force to the Navy, when long endurance missions involving large crew in spaceships, became routine. After all, the Navy has had hundreds of years of experience with "ships", so why not those operating in space?

I agree with your analysis. Was your outfit the one with the motto "in your face from outer space" or was that someone else?

We're gonna need a buncha Burt Rutan's to show the way to routine and economical space access, or hope for an alien Pearl Harbor to galvanize a renewed space initiative.

At Pearl Harbor we had a naval force roughly equivelant to the Japanese and, despite the attack, we had units left, particularly the carriers. We have an Alien Pearl Harbor now, we doomed!!!!!!!

I think we let the jet jockey's take the current, near Earth, missions that are very similar to SAC and air supremecy missions. When we leave LEO we are talking Navy, all the way.

Know anyone named Harrington?