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  • #16
    Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
    If you're going to use orbit as a staging point, wouldn't it be simpler to just use Earth orbit?

    I think if would be more cost-effective for a private venture to get us back into space (which is already starting to happen, at least for LEO). We need to commercialize space in order to make it economically viable anyway, IMO.
    Exactly, as long as just governments control space, nothing will actually get done except a few science experiments. If we want to move mankind into space, we need to make it profitable, which means making it so that private companies and individuals have a reason to go into space and innovate. NASA hasn't done anything truly innovative in years.

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    • #17
      Can they take Shuny with them?
      Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Sparko View Post
        I think they should just take all the money they think they will spend on this and offer it as a prize for the first private company to land men on Mars and return them. NASA has a bad habit of spending a ton of money then abandoning their accomplishments.
        It's not that simple. Congress changes the amount of money allocated for a project on an almost yearly basis, which requires the engineers on the project to redesign, rescale, or otherwise rework that same project over and over again. It's the idiots in government who force a good bit of NASA's reputation for overspending.

        Jim
        My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1

        If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not  bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26

        This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Sparko View Post
          I think they should just take all the money they think they will spend on this and offer it as a prize for the first private company to land men on Mars and return them. NASA has a bad habit of spending a ton of money then abandoning their accomplishments.
          Originally posted by HMS_Beagle View Post
          Using lunar orbit as a staging point for Mars flights - yes. Landing men on the surface - no. Unmanned vehicles can do that job much better and cheaper than putting humans back there.
          A lunar base could be useful. Think of the telescope you could put there with 1/6 g and no atmosphere. Not sure if mining would be profitable. (The moon is a harsh mistress) Solar arrays to beam power back to earth? I think we should be exploring,pushing the boundaries. Space is the next great frontier. We should be out there making it work for us. Maybe we can't, but if we don't try it is guaranteed we can't.



          Jim
          My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1

          If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not  bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26

          This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19

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          • #20
            Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
            A lunar base could be useful. Think of the telescope you could put there with 1/6 g and no atmosphere. Not sure if mining would be profitable. (The moon is a harsh mistress) Solar arrays to beam power back to earth? I think we should be exploring,pushing the boundaries. Space is the next great frontier. We should be out there making it work for us. Maybe we can't, but if we don't try it is guaranteed we can't.



            Jim
            Can you imagine, Jim, a scenario in which a moon base would be possible without humans to run it?
            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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            • #21
              Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
              A lunar base could be useful. Think of the telescope you could put there with 1/6 g and no atmosphere. Not sure if mining would be profitable. (The moon is a harsh mistress) Solar arrays to beam power back to earth? I think we should be exploring,pushing the boundaries. Space is the next great frontier. We should be out there making it work for us. Maybe we can't, but if we don't try it is guaranteed we can't.

              Jim
              I 100% agree we need to keep exploring space and pushing the boundaries. I'm also a realist and just have fears spending too much on the moon with little scientific ROI will leave too little for other useful things. In a perfect world we'd already have a manned base there.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                If you're going to use orbit as a staging point, wouldn't it be simpler to just use Earth orbit?

                I think it would be more cost-effective for a private venture to get us back into space (which is already starting to happen, at least for LEO). We need to commercialize space in order to make it economically viable anyway, IMO.
                You guys can thank Obama for that. He kickstarted what allowed Boing, SpaceX and Jeff Bezos to compete in rocket launches for commercial resupply missions to the ISS. Though of course, Republicans hated it, because it was Obama that proposed it and not them.

                At any rate I think its time for the design, development and construction of rockets to be done in competition between various companies. Boing is so far keeping its cards close to their body, SpaceX has charged ahead with a mixture of failures and a lot of awesome successes. The prospect of developing reusable rockets is a game changer.

                And just look how cool it looks when they land.

                Landing is at 7:45

                Last edited by Leonhard; 12-11-2017, 09:33 PM.

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Leonhard View Post
                  You guys can thank Obama for that. He kickstarted what allowed Boing, SpaceX and Jeff Bezos to compete in rocket launches for commercial resupply missions to the ISS. Though of course, Republicans hated it, because it was Obama that proposed it and not them.
                  My issue with the Obama administration's space efforts is that they scrapped the space shuttle with no replacement farther than the drawing board. Resupply missions are nice and all, but we need to get people up there too.
                  At any rate I think its time for the design, development and construction of rockets to be done in competition between various companies. Boing is so far keeping its cards close to their body, SpaceX has charged ahead with a mixture of failures and a lot of awesome successes. The prospect of developing reusable rockets is a game changer.
                  2 corrections: 1, it's Boeing; 2, the idiom you're reaching for is "close to the vest".

                  It's also not strictly true that there wasn't competition between various companies to design, develop, and construct rockets. The government used competition between contractors to select the launch vehicles they would use.
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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                    Can you imagine, Jim, a scenario in which a moon base would be possible without humans to run it?
                    ??? I am not sure your point CP. I suppose you could have an automated base there. But we won't colonize the solar system without sending people to live in the various places within it were we could 'plant a flag' as it were.

                    Jim
                    My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1

                    If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not  bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26

                    This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                      My issue with the Obama administration's space efforts is that they scrapped the space shuttle with no replacement farther than the drawing board. Resupply missions are nice and all, but we need to get people up there too.
                      It was either or. NASA isn't getting more money and the Space Shuttle was an incredible expensive machine. It was the opposite of its intended purpose. It ate up money like crazy and cost at least four times as much to launch, as was needed.

                      Scrapping it was the only right thing to do and if you ask me, we ought to scrap the International Space Station. Spend the money on a Lunar Colony instead. Or Mars mission. Or a Venus flyby with astronauts. As expensive as it is, its vastly underfunded and understaffed. More time is spent on maintenance than anything else. Its purpose has long been served. We now have a good handle on the effects of space on the human body. Conclusion: Its really unhealthy and bad for us.

                      I know its not exactly a point of pride to ride with the Russians, but you're getting a better deal on the seat prices anyway. And the money leftover can be used by SpaceX and others to develop reusable rockets.

                      Throw more money at NASA or kill the Space Shuttle. Realistically if the Space Program was to advance and be anything more than pork, then there was simple no other choice.

                      2 corrections: 1, it's Boeing; 2, the idiom you're reaching for is "close to the vest".
                      Gotcha.

                      It's also not strictly true that there wasn't competition between various companies to design, develop, and construct rockets. The government used competition between contractors to select the launch vehicles they would use.
                      Not exactly, that was true once, but then they merged and became United Launch Alliance who stopped developing their rocket technology, using the same engines, and same tech as in the sixties, except for the electronics. No attempt at making reusable rockets. They made single-bid contracts for periods of over a decade. And it wasn't until SpaceX sued them that this was stopped. When SpaceX launched their first Falcon9, ULA quickly tried to renegotiate the contract with the Air Force to be the sole provider.

                      And it wasn't until SpaceX's Falcon9 managed a landed first stage that ULA started mumbling something about developing reusable engines as well.

                      I loved the hearing when a senator asked why it cost four times as much to launch a rocket from ULA, than from SpaceX (even with price hikes following explosions, its still three times more expensive than from SpaceX), and the ULA spokeperson admitted he didn't know that, but they were looking into making it more cost effective.

                      I don't see how any of that could have happened without COTS.

                      At least not without a big infusion of money. But hey that'd be "big government, tax = theft" etc, right?
                      Last edited by Leonhard; 12-11-2017, 10:35 PM.

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
                        ??? I am not sure your point CP. I suppose you could have an automated base there. But we won't colonize the solar system without sending people to live in the various places within it were we could 'plant a flag' as it were.

                        Jim
                        I think he's reacting to post #12, where HMS_Beagle expressed a preference for automation.
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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by HMS_Beagle View Post
                          I 100% agree we need to keep exploring space and pushing the boundaries. I'm also a realist and just have fears spending too much on the moon with little scientific ROI will leave too little for other useful things. In a perfect world we'd already have a manned base there.
                          I agree with your latter point. And finding ways to commercialize space is going to be a far better way to make it happen. The problem right now is the cost. But hey, the first expeditions to the new world were government funded. We just need to make the transition to commercial. Mining asteroids might help that happen. Power generation is another. Special materials perhaps as well (vacuums and weightless environments come easy in space). Lots of sunlight. Just need people with a vision like Musk and lots and lots of money :)


                          Jim
                          My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1

                          If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not  bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26

                          This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
                            ??? I am not sure your point CP. I suppose you could have an automated base there. But we won't colonize the solar system without sending people to live in the various places within it were we could 'plant a flag' as it were.

                            Jim
                            Yeah, like OBP said....

                            Originally posted by HMS_Beagle View Post
                            Using lunar orbit as a staging point for Mars flights - yes. Landing men on the surface - no. Unmanned vehicles can do that job much better and cheaper than putting humans back there.
                            Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                            You think we can launch "equipment" to the moon without people, and that equipment can set up and launch missions to Mars?
                            I was asking for your opinion on this. I think you adequately answered.
                            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Leonhard View Post
                              You guys can thank Obama for that. He kickstarted what allowed Boing, SpaceX and Jeff Bezos to compete in rocket launches for commercial resupply missions to the ISS. Though of course, Republicans hated it, because it was Obama that proposed it and not them.

                              At any rate I think its time for the design, development and construction of rockets to be done in competition between various companies. Boing is so far keeping its cards close to their body, SpaceX has charged ahead with a mixture of failures and a lot of awesome successes. The prospect of developing reusable rockets is a game changer.

                              And just look how cool it looks when they land.

                              Landing is at 7:45

                              yep - spaceX is awesome. A lot of the visions Musk has made a reality are awesome.


                              Jim
                              My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1

                              If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not  bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26

                              This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                                I think he's reacting to post #12, where HMS_Beagle expressed a preference for automation.
                                perhaps so. Automation is good, and a lot cheaper. But we gotta go there too. We just need a way to pay for it or make it lots cheaper.


                                Jim
                                My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1

                                If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not  bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26

                                This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19

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