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Revision for space vision?

cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com — An independent panel was mostly in listening mode during today's first hearing on the future of America's spacefaring effort, but the fact that so many perspectives were heard suggests that the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee is really going to review a wide spectrum of options.

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  • ConcernedCanuck, on 06/21/2009, -0/+25Space tourism and star fleet please.
  • LBobRife, on 06/21/2009, -0/+18Or perhaps we are our planet's offspring, and we are attempting to get out the door and hook up with some other planet. Probably a slutty one.
  • rheaume, on 06/21/2009, -2/+17Flying a rocket to the moon? Cool
    Not doing anything to beat that in 40 years? Not so cool
  • Calculon, on 06/21/2009, -1/+15What is mediocre about flying a rocket into space?!?
  • inactive, on 06/22/2009, -1/+11Peace in the Middle East is a fool's errand. Space exploration and ending world hunger are the two most important things we as humans can accomplish at the moment.
  • rheaume, on 06/21/2009, -5/+13Can we break the cycle of mediocrity in human space flight?
  • abadonn, on 06/22/2009, -0/+7To Mars!
  • RooC10, on 06/22/2009, -1/+7Forgetting about the two rovers on ***** Mars?
  • JonTheGoose, on 06/22/2009, -1/+6Get me off this godforsaken rock already!!
  • NMRgentleman, on 06/22/2009, -0/+5This doesn't sound like a revision for space vision, this sounds like a revision of the goals of NASA. But space, outside of benefits like satellite communications, is always going to be off limits to most humans if our efforts are tied up in government agencies with limited personnel who depend on the whims of politicians for their funding. Like I said before, we've got to think outside the box if we really want to open up space. We've got to encourage private enterprise to get up their and do its thing.
  • Oronar, on 06/22/2009, -0/+5To Europa!
  • lilhelper, on 06/22/2009, -0/+4Believe me, Space Tourism will be highly active in less than 15 years from now.
  • hankidic, on 06/22/2009, -1/+4And the space station, 3 if we count MIR and Skylab. Even though Skylab was a bit of a bust.
  • Legendcad, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3I believe you
  • TennisinneT, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3I think it's "To infinity and beyond!"
  • NMRgentleman, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3Except for tourism and things like satellites, I know. The problem probably is mainly technological at this stage. Even if we did visit the moon 40 years ago, it was awfully expensive. But I always think about what we did to develop the American frontier. One thing we did, for example, was give the railroad companies for free much of the land bordering any rail line that they built. Could we do something similar in space? Perhaps if we gave some extra financial encouragement for someone like a Boeing to develop a moon base they would put forth more R&D efforts in that direction and find a way to bring the cost down. Or maybe they would do it with current technology - it is at least possible. Or maybe not, I don't know. But it seems like we've been doing pretty much the same thing for a long time, and results have been slow in coming and not particularly newsworthy for a long time.
  • Loki101, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3He just watched The Matrix, methinks.
  • Loki101, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3They should start selling amateur spaceship kits. That'll solve out population AND our exploration problems at one go!
  • overridemymind, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2"All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landing there."
  • RogerStrong, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2Skylab wasn't a bust at all. It did what it was supposed to do.

    Like Mir and other Soviet stations though, it was designed for a fixed life span.
  • Nebarik, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2it also has a atmosphere that can melt metal
  • MacroDaemon, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Whatever they decide upon, it has to be higher profile than what we have right now.
    The space dream needs new life in it, and simply launching a plethora of low ambition scientific and commercial satellites/probes isn't enough to excite the common earthling.
  • appleseed1234, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1I.E. "Only Conclusion Reached is that The Constellation Program May Be In Doubt"

    Seriously, where the ***** did all of our money go after they scrapped the Apollo Program? I would love to know.
  • inactive, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Mediocrity implies that there are others who have done a superior job. As others have stated, our efforts so far have been nothing short of amazing, in the only context that we have.
  • Astaro, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1No, thats the English boffin shed organising committee motto.
  • karlyguy, on 06/22/2009, -1/+2To Venus! (its closer)
  • wrathbone, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1I think it's "To infinite tea and beyond!"
  • appleseed1234, on 06/22/2009, -0/+11969 well-funded NASA did a superior job than modern day cheap NASA.
  • jec68, on 06/22/2009, -3/+4We need to stop being obsessed with sending meat into outer space. Let's first devote all of our research dollars to reverse engineering the human brain so it can exist on many substrates and robustly carry human civilization into other matter environments (meaning that places that cannot support biological life suddenly become viable as a location for AI computing to exist).
  • Mokole, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1I want my space elevator!
  • lex0nyc, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Not going further yet.
  • RogerStrong, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Tell your Congressman.

    NASA can and does come up with grand plans all the time. But it's Congress that approves such plans.

    Even Bush II's Vision for Space Exploration has been cut back a lot, because he didn't support it with the funding or political backing it needed.
  • stuffradio, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1I believe me.
  • lex0nyc, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Zogforsaken.
  • inactive, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1The lack of means does not in any way prove the lack of proficiency. I agree that more money should be spent in this area, but to say that we've failed seems to me like a terrible misrepresentation of our achievements.
  • Junkyarddawg, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1I had great expectations when I clicked this submission. Too bad there is absolute zero information in the blog entry.
  • iChopPryde, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1I do too
  • cubicledrone, on 06/22/2009, -0/+0All the money goes to the Lexus-driving committee chairwoman and the engineers all get fired. You see, it's much less expensive to manufacture plastic patio furniture in Vietnam than it is to explore space, so instead we'll spend the money on a new pool and dinner parties. If you're confused there will probably be a Powerpoint about it.
  • inactive, on 06/22/2009, -1/+1Um....where are those private enterprises?.

    Nobody is stopping them....
  • norman619, on 06/22/2009, -3/+1LOL!!! Wow someone filled your head with self hating *****. Your naivete is cute. Stupid but cute.
  • wrathbone, on 06/22/2009, -5/+2To Uranus! lolololololol
  • ivan423, on 06/22/2009, -4/+1Why do fools fall in love?
  • Acesolid, on 06/22/2009, -6/+1NASA's motto should be: "To the infinity! And Beyond!"
  • HeyyyJoe, on 06/21/2009, -15/+1Think about it. We're a parasite to our own planet and now we're about to move on and infect the universe.

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