Re. SPACE: Economic Role for Manned Space Stations

From: mark@unicorn.com
Date: Mon Jul 19 1999 - 06:18:54 MDT


Alintelbot@aol.com wrote:
>I'm 23 and ecstatic about the possibilities, but absolutely sick of the
>reality of it, and our repeated blown opportunities.

Indeed. I'm not surprised that so few people are excited about the Shuttle
flights or Space Station Alf, because, frankly, what's to be excited about?
I want to go into space myself, NASA just wants to grab hundreds of billions
of tax dollars to conduct experiments of little interest and dubious worth.
So why should I care about it? Alf barely gets me one step closer to going
into space.

>What's fascinating is that there's no real reason
>we couldn't be going beyond Earth orbit with it after some retrofitting. To
>my mind, a retrofitted Shuttle would make an ideal vehicle for shipping
>hardware to the Moon for, say, a permament base.

Well, what can you expect from a Mars Face believer? Hint: the shuttle has
wings, wheels, and is only designed for a very limited stay in space before
the consumables run out.

    Mark



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