Posted on 09/06/2010 9:57:46 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
“Under the Obama plan, NASA will spend $100 billion on human spaceflight over the next 10 years in order to accomplish nothing”
.....Reminds me of his Presidency.....
This is like an absurdist play.
Why are we developing delivery systems that we have no plans to use?
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- NASA issued the following media advisory:
NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) will conduct a full-scale test of a five-segment, first-stage solid rocket motor at 11:05 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 31. The test at the ATK Aerospace Systems test facility in Promontory, Utah will assess motor performance at low temperatures.
The static firing of the solid motor, designated Development Motor-2, will last two minutes. This is the most heavily instrumented solid rocket motor in NASA history, with 53 test objectives that will be measured using more than 760 instruments. The motor was built as an element of NASA's Constellation Program. It is the largest and …
Of course something needs to blast Orion into orbit.
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Promontory in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, is notable as the location of Promontory Summit where the United States' first Transcontinental Railroad was officially completed on May 10, 1869.
It is at an elevation of 1494 meters (4902 ft) above sea level.[1] Promontory is 51 km (32 mi) west of Brigham City, Utah and 107 km (66 mi) northwest of Salt Lake City, and north of the Great Salt Lake.
With these new rocket systems, NASA missionaries will be able to reach islamic-held lands with breath-taking speeds, to teach them about all the wonderful contributions islam has made to mankind.
Do Muslims feel good about this?
Obama Clarifies Plans for NASA
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Shane McGlaun (Blog) - April 16, 2010 10:30 AM
Obama sees the future of U.S. space flight in the hands of private companies. Obama wants a new industry that will see private companies offering transportation services to NASA rather than the vehicles themselves.
Obama said, "The new plan is to harness our nation's unparalleled system of free enterprise (as we have done in all other modes of transport), to create far more reliable and affordable rockets."
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Obama foresees manned missions to near Earth asteroids and perhaps even Mars in his lifetime.
Obama said, "[By 2025 the U.S. will have a new spacecraft] designed for long journeys to allow us to begin the first-ever crewed missions beyond the moon into deep space." He continued saying, "We'll start by sending astronauts to an asteroid for the first time in history," he said. "By the mid-2030s, I believe we can send humans to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth. And a landing on Mars will follow. And I expect to be around to see it."
Obama said of a return trip to the moon, "We've been there before." Obama's plans for the space program still need the approval of Congress. Many lawmakers still plan to fight to keep the jobs that Obama's new budget will cut in their home districts. Obama's plans would see 2,500 jobs added in the Florida "Space Coast" by 2012. Thousands will still be unemployed due to the budget cuts.
In a nutshell, says one thing but does another. Just like how he want to redistribute wealth, as long as it goes to well-paid union employees.
Muslims control this?
They don’t feel very good right now. NASA has to help them achieve “feel goodness”.
Alliant Techsystems Inc., most commonly known by its ticker symbol, NYSE: ATK, is one of the largest aerospace and defense companies in the United States with more than 18,000 employees in 22 states, Puerto Rico and internationally, and 2010 revenues in excess of an estimated US$4.8 billion.[3] The company headquarters is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
I counted 11 sentences that begin with Obama’s name.
I hate to nitpick, but “five segments” is not the same as “five stages”. I hope NASA engineers know the difference, this reporter apparently doesn’t.
It's called Delta IV. This piece read like a press release from ATK. Ares I is dead.
While the tone is not characterized, I think we can safely assume that this statement was dismissive of a return to the Moon (Luna). If there can be anything so emblematic of our "Community Organizer in Chief", it is this utterly IDIOTIC STATEMENT! With what we know now of Luna's water resources combined with low gravity and solar power potential, Luna remains the stepping stone to the Universe, let alone our solar system.
To say that the 6 landings by Apollo were sufficient is like saying to Columbus, thanks but your last voyage was enough, we will go the other way to Asia. If Obama expects Mars Landings in his lifetime, my question to him would be, by what nation AND how comfortable would he be with Russian and Chinese permanent Lunar outposts and claims? ARGH!
“Obama expects to be around to see man walk on Mars”
So we send him there first? The sooner the better!
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