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2019-03-14 Science & Technology
NASA’s new moon rocket won’t be ready for 2020 launch
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Posted by Fred 2019-03-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top

#1 Orion would have to dock with the upper stage in orbit around Earth, before heading to the moon.
Wernher von Braun would say "I told you so!"
Posted by magpie 2019-03-14 00:20||   2019-03-14 00:20|| Front Page Top

#2 No discussion at all of why the 2020 date is sacrosanct or why returning to the moon at all makes any sense.
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-03-14 02:04||   2019-03-14 02:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Before election!
Posted by 3dc 2019-03-14 02:14||   2019-03-14 02:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Before election!

Trump could generate more votes by shutting down unnecessary spending on ISS and other NASA boondoggles.
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-03-14 02:47||   2019-03-14 02:47|| Front Page Top

#5 The only rockets that matter are ICBMs and comms / sensor satellite launches. Human rated space flight is a total waste of money.
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-03-14 10:58||   2019-03-14 10:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Hey, manned spaceflight seems to be the republican's panem et circensus.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-03-14 11:23||   2019-03-14 11:23|| Front Page Top

#7 manned spaceflight seems to be the republican's panem et circensus

Other than people from certain congressional districts and employees of certain organizations, I really don't think many people who are haphazardly labelled "republicans" give much of a sh*t.

There is a blogger who you are not allowed to criticize by name around here who has a case of chronic priapism where anything involving a rocket with a person on top is concerned. That colors some people's thoughts on the matter.

Waste. Of. Money. Time. Resources.
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-03-14 15:37||   2019-03-14 15:37|| Front Page Top

#8 I don't know, there's lots of congress critters I'd be happy to launch into space. We could build a giant railgun next to Hoover Dam and use it's power to charge it up. Then put the congress critters into metal cans and fire them into the sun.
Posted by Silentbrick 2019-03-14 21:45||   2019-03-14 21:45|| Front Page Top

#9 >Waste. Of. Money. Time. Resources.

Oh totally agree. Moon landings messed up US economy for ages. USSR would have failed many years earlier if they did moon shot, rather than US wasting 5%GDP.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-03-14 23:03||   2019-03-14 23:03|| Front Page Top

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