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> Space Force is a huge step forward for building capabilities in space, on the military side. Probably in violation of international treaties, but who cares a
by CrazyStat 6y ago
> Space Force is a huge step forward for building capabilities in space, on the military side.
Probably in violation of international treaties, but who cares about those.
> Under his watch we're getting multiple, re-usable, private launch architectures and human spaceflight capabilities.
The commercial crew program was begun in 2010 under the Obama administration. Probably the only reason it still exists is nobody has mentioned that to Trump. Giving credit for a 10-year-old program to Bridenstine, who's been at NASA for two years, is utter nonsense.
- teknopaul 6y agoNoo, Trumps big on Space. Dont try to baffle Trump supporters with facts. It does not work. Trump, big on Space, fact. And Space is really important this year, because whats going on on earth is fscked up beyond all recognition.
- colinplamondon 6y agoI don't mean to take anything at all away from Obama pushing COGS, as opposed to the old Constellation strategy. That was an incredible, bold move. Besides SLS, though, it didn't move meaningful industry outside of LEO. It was an important step, but didn't fundamentally move us past the post-Apollo Space Shuttle funk. The Asteroid program was potentially interesting for getting mining going, but small in scale, with long timelines. Artemis is the first time NASA has run on aggressive, tight timelines since Apollo. They're shooting for achievable, inspiring objectives -- quickly. And this time, we'll have THREE architectures that can get any American or American ally to the surface of the moon for a price. Gateway guarantees long-term government spend in Lunar orbit, just like the ISS guaranteed long-term government spend in Earth orbit. Artemis aligns government spend towards the industrialization and militarization of space, on terms beneficial to the US.