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Re: NASA IS GOING BACK BABY
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 7 Feb 2007 22:41:37 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Jeff Findley wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Tony Alexander wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Larry Lesser wrote:
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HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- NASA’s plans for returning people to the moon -- an
objective called for by President Bush in 2004 -- includes establishing a
permanent outpost that would be used to prepare for a manned trip to Mars.
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Holy billions and billions, Sa-gan!!!
OK, first, 3 days and no reply to the BIGGEST NEWS of this decade?? What’s
up with that, folks? Are there no more .spacers here?
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It should be interesting to see what NASA does, but what I’m hoping for is
NASA becoming irrelevant to space travel. That is, I’m hoping that manned
commercial space activity passes NASA sometime in the next decade or two.
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Indeed! New Mexico has approved land for Virgin Galatic to build the first
international spaceport. Virgin Galatic is even taking applications for
employees. http://www.space.com/news/051213_virgin_galactic.html
Commercial enterprise will drive down costs and increase accessibility far
faster than NASA can hope to. That’s a good thing, cause it means the dollars
come from willing consumers rather than begrudging taxpayers. When was the last
time you heard taxpayers telling the government “Tax us more, we want more
exploration!”
Don’t get me wrong, NASA is great, and we need them to do what they do. But just
as early aviation and rocket power was led by the government, then overtaken by
the private sector, that needs to eventually happen to space travel and
exploration as well.
However, since the US did not sign the 1979 UN
Moon Treaty, businesses that land
there may find themselves paying extensive property tax to the federal goverment
for access to ‘federal land’. After all, it was US federal employees that
planted the US flag on that soil. Such a long standing, undisputed claim will be
hard to fight.
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| (...) It should be interesting to see what NASA does, but what I'm hoping for is NASA becoming irrelevant to space travel. That is, I'm hoping that manned commercial space activity passes NASA sometime in the next decade or two. Why? Same reason we (...) (18 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.space)
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