Posted on 06/18/2018 10:00:09 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
Edited on 06/18/2018 1:15:26 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
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we have no manned spacecraft of any kind and none in the pipeline.>>>>>>>>
Not so sure about that. The skunk works have been working hard.
https://www.space.com/40227-x-37b-space-plane-200-days-in-orbit-otv5.html
Don’t forget the Dragon.
Thanks. Probably predictable given all the givens.
Why not. It is a different environment and a different mission.
It is good to see a leader looking to the future.
Of course, you are certainly free to continue to trash the President. Enough men and women gave their lives to insure you have that right.
--in a manner of speaking.
“we will finally and officially have Space Cadets!”
we had tons of “unofficial” ones when I was in grad school ...
Sounds fine, as long as I can take Col. Deering to the holo-deck, or something... :P
Good idea...
Aevum's New Rocket-Drone Airplane Duo Could Launch Satellites Every 3 Hours
Its all about FUN and human experience, not about about remotes shooting up remotes.
OUT-FLIPPING-STANDING. The expanding wave of technical profit that roared out of the Moon Program is about to be reborn. Better electronics, better energy sources...and it will all flow out of R&D money going to NASA that will be FIERCELY opposed by the Democrats, who would prefer that cash stay under their control to buy free ObamaPhones. NASA is no longer going to be the propaganda mouthpiece and “inclusion officer” for the USA...it’s going back into SPACE EXPLORATION. An active push to mine asteroids, a push for a functioning Moonbase and a decent military force to protect our satellites. Oh, yes...the Liberals are going to SQUEEEEEL over this. America protecting itself and expanding into a tactical opposition to Russia and China. Oh, NO!
Space Marines! #warhammer40k
If all goes according to plan, it will make its first manned flight in 2023, five years from now.
I immediately wondered if the President has been made privy to the stuff revealed by Philip Corso and had incorporated that into this thinking and plans.
You can’t really believe that Trump (conditionally) cancelled the Korean war games just to save money. Context, context,context.
Took the words right outta my mouth!
I posted the down side of this at #83, if you are interested.
I want a Battlestar!!
But I will take an XWing.
And suck up a majority of the funding.
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