Sir David Attenborough says we in serious trouble if we dont change our ways.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Codz

Just because we retired one type of ship doesn't mean we're done. We had an even longer gap between the Shuttle and the Apollo capsules in the 70's and NASA did just fine. NASA has recieved funding to develop a new rocket and capsule designed for BEO missions. We also have an incredibly advanced rover heading to Mars. We have astronauts on the ISS. We have a probe that's been actively exploring the Saturn system for years. To top it off, we have probes en route to Pluto, Ceres, and Jupiter. I'd hardly call all of that "not much".

We have been probing for decades. The rovers have been to Mars. The ISS looks to be a good will gesture to me. Currently, we ain't got nothing getting the USA to space. I do not hang my hat on space manned flight with the current administration.

[Codz]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

We have been probing for decades. The rovers have been to Mars. The ISS looks to be a good will gesture to me. Currently, we ain't got nothing getting the USA to space. I do not hang my hat on space manned flight with the current administration.

The ISS has made numerable contributions to Earth ans space science. Those probes bring back an incredible amount of scientific information and have more "bang for the buck" than any single program that I've seen.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Codz

The ISS has made numerable contributions to Earth ans space science. Those probes bring back an incredible amount of scientific information and have more "bang for the buck" than any single program that I've seen.

I agree the ISS has provided some scientific finds. But I also believe it is good will gesture. Probes are more bang for the buck. I agree. I still stand that space exploration is not supported by this administration. Looking at your signature, space and all it entails is your interest. As such, what has the current administration accomplished in moving forward with space exploration? The shuttle has been retired. I believe private investment is engineering craft for manned space flight.

[Codz]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I agree the ISS has provided some scientific finds. But I also believe it is good will gesture. Probes are more bang for the buck. I agree. I still stand that space exploration is not supported by this administration. Looking at your signature, space and all it entails is your interest. As such, what has the current administration accomplished in moving forward with space exploration? The shuttle has been retired. I believe private investment is engineering craft for manned space flight.

The Space Shuttle needed to be retired to clear funds for spacecraft that are specialized for BEO activities. Honestly, the current administration hasn't really been better or worse than the recent previous ones in my opinion(Bush, Clinton, Reagan). We haven't really had an administration that really cared about space since JFK/LBJ.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Codz

Most people in the year 1875 probably didn't think that the world would progress very fast either. Less than one hundred years later we invented prop aircraft, jet aircraft, nuclear bombs, nuclear energy, manned and artificial space flight, and we walked on the Moon.

Man rediscovered oil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...Modern_history

Originally Posted by Codz

We haven't really had an administration that really cared about space since JFK/LBJ.

Two words:

Cold War

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Codz

The Space Shuttle needed to be retired to clear funds for spacecraft that are specialized for BEO activities. Honestly, the current administration hasn't really been better or worse than the recent previous ones in my opinion(Bush, Clinton, Reagan). We haven't really had an administration that really cared about space since JFK/LBJ.

Agreed. I think private enterprise spacecraft can be designed and built much less expensively than what the gov't can do. Let's see what they can come up with.

I'm still of mind that earth itself has yet to reveal all she has. The rain forests contain numerous undiscovered species of plant, insect and animal. The ocean's depths are still a mystery. The problem here is we, as humans, are decimating these regions.

Let's look to the stars!