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Posted by Ray on September 19, 2005, 12:41 am
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For sake of argument lets say that moon, mars and beyond is
underfunded and then canceled next decade sometime, so the moon, mars and
beyond program is off. What will NASA spend their 16 billion dollar or 15
billion dollar budget money on? Orbiting the Earth in CEV and Space Station
for eternity? Or will this lead to eventually getting rid of manned
spaceflight? What do you all think?
Ray
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Posted by Bob Haller on September 18, 2005, 5:55 pm
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I hope we get to mars in my lifetime. I kinda doubt it, since I am 48:(
But if the program gets canned as I suspect every Bush idea will I have
hopes for a aggreasive robotic program.
I just hope miss management doesnt get the entire NASA canned, by say
run away costs and preventable astronaut deaths
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Posted by Cardman on September 19, 2005, 1:51 am
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>I hope we get to mars in my lifetime. I kinda doubt it, since I am 48:(
Given an average life expectancy of 76 years, then NASA would have
until 2033 to reach Mars. So that is only possible if things go very
well. I would more expect things to take another decade.
My own 76 years would be up in 2047, which makes me think that I may
just about make it.
Still, since life does not work in averages, then you could either be
hit by a train tomorrow, or to go on to live until you are 128.
Should you wish to extend your life expectancy, then avoid smoking,
being overweight, unhealthy food, excessive alcohol and other drugs,
and to try staying out of dangerous situations. And I guess that
regular health checks would help as well.
There is also the option that you may never die. The old multiple
universes theory.
Like if you held a bomb with a random trigger on it with 50% chance of
going off, then the Universe would split into two at this point. In
one Universe you would be alive, and in the second you would be dead
and covering a large area.
The key aspect here is that your consciousness can only exist in the
Universe where you are alive. In this context your life could either
be very long or even immortal. Those people dying around you would
just be extending their existence into another Universe.
So always be optimistic.
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>But if the program gets canned as I suspect every Bush idea will I have
>hopes for a aggreasive robotic program.
That seems likely. I doubt that they would cancel human spaceflight
though, when the worst case should be that they do more LEO.
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>I just hope miss management doesnt get the entire NASA canned, by say
>run away costs and preventable astronaut deaths
I highly doubt that entire NASA would be canned. It could be broken up
though, where say some aspects could be moved to the commercial side.
Cardman.
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Posted by Bob Haller on September 18, 2005, 7:16 pm
Please log in for more thread options Honestly I think commercials willdo way more than NASA, and have a
better chance of reaching Mars too.
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Posted by nmp on September 19, 2005, 1:42 pm
Please log in for more thread options Op Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:16:33 -0700, schreef Bob Haller:
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> Honestly I think commercials willdo way more than NASA, and have a
> better chance of reaching Mars too.
There has to be a profit, or no commercial flight to Mars will take place
the next million years or so. No?
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