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America needs simple, cheap, and routine access to space more than a moon shot, then the Moon and beyond will natural goals. Similar to what is occurring with
by gedy 10y ago
America needs simple, cheap, and routine access to space more than a moon shot, then the Moon and beyond will natural goals. Similar to what is occurring with our interplanetary probes now: cheaper, frequent, and reliable. These hideously expensive single shot missions were great in the 1960s to kick start things, but it's time to move beyond that.
- edblarney 10y ago"routine access to space more than a moon shot" Agreed, but it's possible a moon mission may provide the basis for this. Most NASA engineers in the 1960's were young, and led by hardcore dudes who lived through WW2 - they were the SpaceX of back then. I worked in space science in the late 1990's and since then - there is a lot of grey hairs protecting their incomes, making sure they can afford to send their kids to Yale. A more 'entrepreneurial' moon-shot, may be the shot in the arm the industry needs. I understand that the technology may differ from 'cheap access' somewhat ... but it would also be a good staging type mission for a Mars mission.