Written on September 13, 2011 – 2:08 am | by admin |

This is a site devoted to the U.S. room system and the return to the Moon. In some tactics, the future is reminiscent of the moonshot days of the 1960s. The new rocket would have an Apollo-like capsule on best. Astronauts would 1st fly in that ship in 2015 but remain in Earth’s orbit, with a moon landing by 2020. After there, astronauts would assemble a base camp and sooner or later journey to Mars. But, sadly, most of this AP report is fairly disparaging, it is not a hatchet task, but it does paint NASA as aged, worn out, a bit lacking in focus. Let us hope they are erroneous. The only thing in this report that has me actually nervous is this piece about the existing and soon-to-be spending budget environment:The two presidential nominees and several in Congress say they want to maintain the shuttle flying earlier the 2010 retirement date mandated by the Bush administration. But engaging in so would be expensive, and granted the present-day economic meltdown, big spending on NASA in the foreseeable future will not appear to be likely. I am concerned about that as clearly as funding for the rest of the Moon, Mars and Beyond system. In final week’s presidential discussion there was a telling instant when the moderator challenged both candidates to describe how the credit crisis would adjust their priorities, and neither of them had an answer. I am fearful that whoever wins in November, NASA may perhaps be element of that remedy..