Comments on: Water on the Moon http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2009/11/14/water-on-the-moon/ Autumn Rain 2110 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:38:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: David Williams http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2009/11/14/water-on-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-2676 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:52:42 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1627#comment-2676 I remember reading somewhere (can’t find the source) that there is no part of the budget that Americans prioritize less/are more willing to cut then the space program.

]]> By: Erik http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2009/11/14/water-on-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-2675 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:45:32 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1627#comment-2675 I don’t know what it will take to get our space agenda back on the fast track. It is certainly disheartening to see a successful launch of the Ares 1-X just a few weeks ago followed almost immediately by rumors of the potential scrapping of the entire Ares project. While I understand many Americans were probably underwhelmed by the decision to replace the Shuttle fleet with a capsule mounted on a rocket.. it does make sense when you spend some time reading the reasonings. The Constellation Project is very well thought out in my mind. Multiple forms of the Ares rocket for either human transport with the Orion capsule to heavy lift capacity on par with the old Saturn V rockets. Talk of being able to send astronauts to the Lagrangian points, sending up the components to build a ship to visit the asteroid belt, mars, etc. All while being much safer than the Space Shuttle. And yet that still isn’t enough to get the attention of the average American.

]]> By: David Williams http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2009/11/14/water-on-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-2674 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:14:49 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1627#comment-2674 Erik — that’s a good article, thanks . . .I’ll probably post on it later this week.

Though I wonder whether China’s progress may be the kick in the ass we need. We only went to the Moon because of Sputnik, and a serious plan by China to put a taikonaut on the Moon might make us get serious again too. . . .

]]> By: Erik http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2009/11/14/water-on-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-2673 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:22:00 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1627#comment-2673 Just saw this on CNN today and immediately thought of your books. In a nutshell, China is on an aggressive pace to bolster their space presence including offensive and defensive capabilities. It’s tragic to see how mired our space efforts have become in recent times.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/11/18/china.space/index.html

]]> By: Brian http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2009/11/14/water-on-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-2664 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:32:00 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1627#comment-2664 Does this mean inflight drink service (should there be any at all by the time we have commercial carriers flying to the moon) won’t mean drinking our recycled piss?

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