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The US needs another cold war to get it motivated. Maybe if China steps it up...
by ap22213 12y ago
The US needs another cold war to get it motivated. Maybe if China steps it up...
- tunap 12y agoThe US is currently, and for the foreseeable future, solely reliant upon Russia to get astronauts to & from LEO & the ISS. Frankly, I'm surprised Putin hasn't rattled that saber yet. Edit: I'm rooting for Sabre & Skylon, myself. Perhaps not for big payloads but for 'naut travel, anyway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SABRE_%28rocket_engine%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SABRE_%28rocket_engine%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon_%28spacecraft%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon_%28spacecraft%29
- seanflyon 12y ago> and for the foreseeable future That depends on whether or not 2017 is foreseeable (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Crew_Development http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Crew_Development). Since 2012 the US has had a craft that is capable of taking people to and from the ISS, NASA just wants to do an excessive amount of testing and incremental improvements before we trust it (http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/05/crew-could-have-ridden-in-drag.html http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/05/...).