Obama is canceling the Aries program that would replace the Space Shuttle.
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I was just reading about that. They are looking to invest in a commercial taxi to orbit, and letting private industry take it over? Augustine said we weren't on a "sustainable path" to get to the moon by 2020. They want to invest instead in new technologies to improve spaceflight. It is a disappointment, but necessary, I think. (Except that taxi to orbit...that worries me, and I'm not sure why. I need to think about it, and read more about it.) Lets face it, we just don't have the money to spend out the ass on bad programs.
I think given the current economic situation it is probably a wise decision, though I do not know how much money exactly is involved nor what motivition is given.
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[1 point] 2 years ago by deleted user ReplyThe money will be better spent by making even more people depended on the government.
I was just reading about that. They are looking to invest in a commercial taxi to orbit, and letting private industry take it over? Augustine said we weren't on a "sustainable path" to get to the moon by 2020. They want to invest instead in new technologies to improve spaceflight. It is a disappointment, but necessary, I think. (Except that taxi to orbit...that worries me, and I'm not sure why. I need to think about it, and read more about it.) Lets face it, we just don't have the money to spend out the ass on bad programs.
I would be all for it if if private space flight was legal in the US. Once private space flight became realistic, the space program became obsolete.
I think given the current economic situation it is probably a wise decision, though I do not know how much money exactly is involved nor what motivition is given.
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