...and in other news, China is now the worlds largest producer of personal computers (a technology developed by the US). So is it any wonder that Russia and China have a more active space program than the U.S.? Innovation has always been our competitive advantage, but we are losing that. The forecast is for more rain.
Economists and visionaries believe that developing a commercial space industry is the next step to accelerate innovations in space technology and to pioneer America into the space economy.
Before Obama, space was being militarized instead of being commercialized. What would you rather see in the future? Orbiting bombs and lasers, or space hotels and theme parks?
Obama didn't outsource the entire Space program to the Russians.
If NASA could keep the Shuttles from blowing up or disintegrating because of bad management decisions we still might be flying the Shuttles.
As far as the Soyuz goes, as far as manned spacecraft go, the manned version of the Soyuz is THE safest space launch system anyone has. If you want to go to space and not be killed in an experiment, Soyuz is what you want to be on.
Even if NASA had an unlimited budget, the shuttle program would have to be ended sooner or later. While the vehicle was almost perfect for building the ISS, it was not the right vehicle to use for routine crew exchanges etc.
While GW Bush ordered the end to the shuttle program, I was at first disappointed but then realized that this was one of the few things he did that made sense. What I did not know, was that while he claimed he wanted NASA to build a vehicle to replace the crew delivery aspect of the shuttle, he deliberately underfunded the program. This would have meant it would be ready sometime in 2020 at best. So .. when the new guy took over about 5 years had been wasted doing almost nothing. So.. it is quite remarkable that someone would say Obama outsourced man space to the RUSSIANS. When in fact, all he did was not counteract a republican discussion.
Now let the one line comments about how I don't know what I'm talking about begin. Make sure you don't add any information as to WHY IM wrong.
Astronauts use the Soyuz as part of the Russian deal that goes way back before Obama. It does have a pretty good track record of getting astronauts up and down.
America's space program is aimless. If someone (like Newt for instance, or former President Bush) suggests we go back to the moon people laugh at them or say we don't want to spend the money. We are squandering a resource.
Maybe private enterprise can step in. It has taken them over a decade to finally get a spacecraft launched but they did and like government supported expansion in our history private means will take over. But as in the past government leads the way, and going to the moon and setting up a base there and opening it up for future commerce (mining perhaps) seems like a logical step. But that is why it won't happen in the is country. When have we ever done anything that made any sense as opposed to reacting to something that we could have prevented or steered?
Space X has put more into orbit than the Shuttle and Constellation have. They are actually launching rockets into space by the way, in case you haven't been keeping up on what's been going on outside.
Here are some places to start looking for a new job. Good luck.
The Obama administration intends to move toward relying on commercially-built spacecraft, rather than NASA's own vehicles, to carry humans to low-Earth orbit. This strategy gives private American space companies that are developing human payload technology; like Space X, SpaceDev, Interorbital Systems Corporation, Blue Origin, Starchaser Industries; a chance to flourish into a commercially viable enterprise.
Economists and visionaries believe that developing a commercial space industry is the next step to accelerate innovations in space technology and to pioneer America into the space economy.
Relying on commercially built spacecraft would also enable NASA to focus on more ambitious human spaceflight missions, like expeditions to Mars.
When the Internet was invented by the defense department, not many realized it's potential impact to our economy and our way of life. Fortunately, people with a vision pursued to commercialize it's technology. Today we have Cisco, Real networks, Google, ebay, Amazon, Netflix, Vonage. These companies produce a diversity of services that multiply our productivity and contribute a large part to our economy.
Obama did not pull out this strategy from his hat. He consulted field experts, scientists, economists and CEOs.
Before Obama, space was being militarized instead of being commercialized. What would you rather see in the future? Orbiting bombs and lasers or space hotels and theme parks?
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Before Obama, space was being militarized instead of being commercialized. What would you rather see in the future? Orbiting bombs and lasers, or space hotels and theme parks?
If NASA could keep the Shuttles from blowing up or disintegrating because of bad management decisions we still might be flying the Shuttles.
As far as the Soyuz goes, as far as manned spacecraft go, the manned version of the Soyuz is THE safest space launch system anyone has. If you want to go to space and not be killed in an experiment, Soyuz is what you want to be on.
We do have a space program by the way, it's called Space X.
While GW Bush ordered the end to the shuttle program, I was at first disappointed but then realized that this was one of the few things he did that made sense. What I did not know, was that while he claimed he wanted NASA to build a vehicle to replace the crew delivery aspect of the shuttle, he deliberately underfunded the program. This would have meant it would be ready sometime in 2020 at best. So .. when the new guy took over about 5 years had been wasted doing almost nothing. So.. it is quite remarkable that someone would say Obama outsourced man space to the RUSSIANS. When in fact, all he did was not counteract a republican discussion.
Now let the one line comments about how I don't know what I'm talking about begin. Make sure you don't add any information as to WHY IM wrong.
America's space program is aimless. If someone (like Newt for instance, or former President Bush) suggests we go back to the moon people laugh at them or say we don't want to spend the money. We are squandering a resource.
Maybe private enterprise can step in. It has taken them over a decade to finally get a spacecraft launched but they did and like government supported expansion in our history private means will take over. But as in the past government leads the way, and going to the moon and setting up a base there and opening it up for future commerce (mining perhaps) seems like a logical step. But that is why it won't happen in the is country. When have we ever done anything that made any sense as opposed to reacting to something that we could have prevented or steered?
Here are some places to start looking for a new job. Good luck.
http://www.startuphire.com/jobs/SpaceX-jobs
http://www.space-careers.com/?gclid=CIW_itqvnrECFXPDtgodDTEcdg
http://www.spacedev.com/
http://interorbital.com/
http://www.blueorigin.com/
http://www.scaled.com/careers/
Economists and visionaries believe that developing a commercial space industry is the next step to accelerate innovations in space technology and to pioneer America into the space economy.
Relying on commercially built spacecraft would also enable NASA to focus on more ambitious human spaceflight missions, like expeditions to Mars.
When the Internet was invented by the defense department, not many realized it's potential impact to our economy and our way of life. Fortunately, people with a vision pursued to commercialize it's technology. Today we have Cisco, Real networks, Google, ebay, Amazon, Netflix, Vonage. These companies produce a diversity of services that multiply our productivity and contribute a large part to our economy.
Obama did not pull out this strategy from his hat. He consulted field experts, scientists, economists and CEOs.
Before Obama, space was being militarized instead of being commercialized. What would you rather see in the future? Orbiting bombs and lasers or space hotels and theme parks?