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We need advancement towards spacefaring. We don't need space programs. There is need for government basic research, infrastructure and science programs. There
by Gravityloss 15y ago
We need advancement towards spacefaring. We don't need space programs.
There is need for government basic research, infrastructure and science programs. There is need for healthy commercial ventures, reasonable scale and agile development with quick cycles and multiple concurrent paths.
Spaceflight could well be more routine, reliable and affordarble if there never was an Apollo or Shuttle.
- tjmc 15y agoExactly. One problem that they need to solve before leaving the gravity well again is creating sustainable biospheres - capable of recycling all CO2, waste and water, producing food and, most importantly, keeping the people inside happy, healthy and sane. To my knowledge this has never[1] been achieved, and we need to work out how to do it before setting up any kind of "off world colony". 1. Biosphere 2 was a high profile, but ultimately unsuccessful example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere_2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere_2