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Post by thewisdom on Jan 17, 2004 13:16:43 GMT -5
im just wondering what your ideas are on bush's new space plan.
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Post by froman on Jan 17, 2004 18:34:32 GMT -5
for all of us un-political people what is it?
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Post by CptCatz on Jan 17, 2004 19:08:48 GMT -5
i believe that Bush wanted to get another lunar landing between the years 2015 and 2020.
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Post by supersaiyan3 on Jan 17, 2004 20:35:01 GMT -5
i dont think we could benefit much from just going to the moon again i think they should target mars.....maybe even one of jupiter's moons if they can.....but it obviously would have to be at a later date due to cost, training, sending probes, and technology
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Post by froman on Jan 17, 2004 20:52:11 GMT -5
why not go to the moon? we could do studies and research there so that eventually well be able to live there.... if we tried to do the same on mars wed just end up spending more money because its farther away... i still think we should do both but i think we should start with the moon
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Post by thewisdom on Jan 17, 2004 22:11:21 GMT -5
well the thing is about goin to mars, its going to take a much much longer time if we dont try and make a station on the moon ( which is the priority mission) and jump from the moon to mars. it would take much less fuel and time. the program also envolves the cancelation of the space station which is a huge benefit to nasa. so going to the moon again isnt stupid at all its a huge stepping stone to going further.
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Post by i got issues on Jan 17, 2004 22:20:12 GMT -5
Well actually, you guys dont know what the mission is. he wants to establ.ish the station on the moon and since the gravity on the moon is 1/6 of that on earth, it will take less fuel to get off of the atmosphere and easier to get to mars. he wants a landing on mars also within those years of 2015 to 2020.
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Post by supersaiyan3 on Jan 17, 2004 22:24:21 GMT -5
i did not know that they were going to build a space station on the moon i didnt read about bushes plan for space but if they are going to use the moon as a way to ultimatly make it easier to get to mars i think its great and should def be done
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Post by froman on Jan 17, 2004 22:24:42 GMT -5
and do oyu think thats retarded or sumtin? i dotn reely get why you brought it up its actually a brilliant idea instead of leaving straight from earth if you think about it, and i highly doubt it is actually BUSHS plan he just signs the check so that NASA can go and do what it wants
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Post by supersaiyan3 on Jan 17, 2004 22:45:57 GMT -5
and do oyu think thats retarded or sumtin? i dotn reely get why you brought it up its actually a brilliant idea instead of leaving straight from earth if you think about it, and i highly doubt it is actually BUSHS plan he just signs the check so that NASA can go and do what it wants i never said it was a stupid idea....i dont know what the fuck you are talking about....all i said is when i didnt know they were using the moon as a way to go to mars. You don't agree that just going to the moon wouldn't be worth the money?
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Post by froman on Jan 17, 2004 22:51:53 GMT -5
you dont know what the fuck im tlaking about bc i wasnt talking to you i was talking to the wisdom it just happened to be that my post came after yours and if you look the times are in the same minute so calm down
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Post by supersaiyan3 on Jan 17, 2004 22:53:37 GMT -5
arizzle
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Post by i got issues on Jan 18, 2004 17:52:03 GMT -5
Well its actually a great idea. The moon was never a real use to us after we proved to russia that we would get there first but now we can take advantage of the gravity on it. It will cost a lot of money, but with americas philosophy of who cares about money, they are going to accomplish this goal. I read an article that the space shuttle will be put of of existance by 2010 to be replaced by a space plane. This would be very cool and also maybe the space plane is being designed at this very minutes to be able to land on mars.
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Post by froman on Jan 18, 2004 18:13:04 GMT -5
the only problem i have wit htat comment is that you cant plan to lnd on a planet that you ont reall know what its like, i mean sure they have the mars rover and stuff but its not like they have runways for "mars planes" on mars.....
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Post by CptCatz on Jan 18, 2004 18:21:08 GMT -5
but the only way to get to the moon is by leaving the earths atmosphere anyways. the shuttle or plane or whatever goes to the moon and then to mars will need the fuel to leave earth in the first place. its like making a useless stop on the moon on the way to mars.
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