tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19394281.post3856174540363414162..comments2023-10-18T08:43:10.620-04:00Comments on The Flame Trench space news and analysis: Senate panel voices worries about pursuing NASA's new courseC Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13916832810035419167noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19394281.post-49087681594728717482010-12-02T14:43:42.220-05:002010-12-02T14:43:42.220-05:00"If the big plan is to eventually fly to Mars..."If the big plan is to eventually fly to Mars, the moon makes more sense to me as an interim step."<br /><br />Who's big plan? The first priority of the voters is tax cuts. What makes you think they will pay for a trip to Mars? Where do you suggest we get the money? Borrow it from China? With Constellation technology we are talking about roughly $400 billion for one or two missions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19394281.post-4468659668168155002010-12-01T19:41:16.565-05:002010-12-01T19:41:16.565-05:00I studied math and science because I wanted to be ...I studied math and science because I wanted to be an engineer, not because the goverment paid for it. Agree, the space job market is or will be on the way down. As for going back to the moon, why not? If the big plan is to eventually fly to Mars, the moon makes more sense to me as an interim step. Leave the asteroid missions to Hollywood.HBJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19394281.post-23828593356696823932010-12-01T17:53:56.801-05:002010-12-01T17:53:56.801-05:00If we didn't want to lose human spaceflight ca...If we didn't want to lose human spaceflight capability we should have complained when Bush canceled the Shuttle. I complained, but i didn't hear anyone else doing so.<br /><br />If we want kids to be interested in math and science, we need to stop raising tuition through the roof at the state universities, and we need NASA to work with industry to make US manufacturing more competitive soAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19394281.post-4816146249795680452010-12-01T13:54:50.076-05:002010-12-01T13:54:50.076-05:00Meanwhile, after the shuttle program stops we will...Meanwhile, after the shuttle program stops we will pay the Russians tens of millions of dollars per person for our astronauts to get to the space station. A man-rated launch vehicle will take some time for us to certify. Probably won't be ready before 2015. And, all this to fly to an asteroid? I'd vote for the moon first.<br /><br />On a side note I can see the need for aerospace HBJnoreply@blogger.com