polydeuces
05-27-14, 18:44
Putins little venture in Ukraine is having interesting aftershocks.
As our relationship slowly augers into a burning tailspin our 'free' ride could be yanked any time plus they're talking about bailing on the ISS after '20. Who saw that one coming........:happy:
So one of the lesser anticipated ones could be NASA (never one to be afraid to ask for $$$$$….) getting increased funding, for obvious reasons.
Now if they only could start running it like a business, following some freshly set examples - but I digress.
And look, congress finally woke up.......Dûh...
http://www.space.com/25900-congress-nasa-russia-partnership-space-station.html
Interesting re the RS-180 rocket, really fascinating how the media just doesn't do their due diligence; this was already a major issue in 2013, so I guess they're just looking for a horse to kick
http://www.space.com/25900-congress-nasa-russia-partnership-space-station.html
Instead of throwing them our cash, how's about 'developing' our own motor, jeeeeez.....like a nice juicy F1.....'member?
So the question I pose is; would we be wise to throw more $$ at NASA, or better off boost the spending in the private sector, moving up the schedule a bit to get their hardware manrated asap.
Or....... should we increase effort for better international cooperation. (whatever than would mean).
Let's consider both LEO as well as more lonng distance/duration missions.
And how's about that permanent presence on the Moon..
As our relationship slowly augers into a burning tailspin our 'free' ride could be yanked any time plus they're talking about bailing on the ISS after '20. Who saw that one coming........:happy:
So one of the lesser anticipated ones could be NASA (never one to be afraid to ask for $$$$$….) getting increased funding, for obvious reasons.
Now if they only could start running it like a business, following some freshly set examples - but I digress.
And look, congress finally woke up.......Dûh...
http://www.space.com/25900-congress-nasa-russia-partnership-space-station.html
Interesting re the RS-180 rocket, really fascinating how the media just doesn't do their due diligence; this was already a major issue in 2013, so I guess they're just looking for a horse to kick
http://www.space.com/25900-congress-nasa-russia-partnership-space-station.html
Instead of throwing them our cash, how's about 'developing' our own motor, jeeeeez.....like a nice juicy F1.....'member?
So the question I pose is; would we be wise to throw more $$ at NASA, or better off boost the spending in the private sector, moving up the schedule a bit to get their hardware manrated asap.
Or....... should we increase effort for better international cooperation. (whatever than would mean).
Let's consider both LEO as well as more lonng distance/duration missions.
And how's about that permanent presence on the Moon..