Re: Return to the moon

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 20:02:29 +0000 (UTC), "Vorlonagent"
<jt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>"Wesley Struebing" <strueb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>Even better would be if it were to be a join venture with other
>>>nations' space agencies and/or private efforts.
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>> Yeah, but THAT ain't gonna happen (though you'd think that with the
>> close (and yes, I do mean that) cooperation between us and Russia,
>> that they could buy into the pie.)
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>Didn't we end up paying the Russians to finish their part of the ISS?
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>If we're gonna do it, we might as well subcontract than pretend its a
>partnership when we're going to get stuck with the check anyway.

Oh, I agree (unfortunately) That's why I said "...they could buy into
the pie." In my book that means they pay. (though one could argue
that with the shuttles grounded, they paid their way by providing the
transportation, both of humans and materiel...)
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>> (and of course, almost since the second NASA made the announcement,
>> people have been blasting them for even *thinking* of spending that
>> kind of money with budget overruns and Katrina, and the war in
>> Iraq,....)
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>All of which are reasons to redouble such an effort.
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>It's more inportant to reach for dreams during times of trouble, not that
>I'd expect more than a handful of politicians to realize it.
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>What bothers me is that this new moon effort looks like the Apollo playbook
>dusted off with a few minor tweaks. We have a shuttle and a space station.
>Can't we arrange a docking and pickup?

Good question. Sounds like they're pretty-much writing off the ISS
and just using the shuttles for spare parts...
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