On Jun 21, 2:12 pm, C3
aol.com> wrote:> On Jun 21, 9:19�am, "jonathan"
write.instead.net> wrote:
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>>> What future would he write? Or would you?
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>> A future based on what is likely to occur
>> based on current facts and trends?
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>> Or a future NASA ..should...have in an
>> otherwise perfect world?
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>> I know what I would write. It would be a future
>> where NASA plays the central role in fulfilling
>> the promise of space. Which I believe is taking
>> the human race to the next level of understanding
>> ability to survive, and prosperity.
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>> That NASA should become the vehicle for creating
>> ...Truth and Justice...for the future of the entire planet
>> and be an ever growing source of inspiration across
>> space and time.
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>> ..............................................
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>> Would such a movie include a Space Program like this?
>> Which President Bush canceled his first year in office?
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>> A program which conceivably could end our dependence
>> on fossil fuels thus solving global warming. Perhaps the
>> two largest global future threats?
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>> "NASA'S SPACE SOLAR POWER EXPLORATORY
>> RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM (SERT)"
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>> While making America the next energy "Saudi Arabia"
>> for the future?
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>> "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Space
>> Solar Power (SSP) �Exploratory Research and Technology
>> (SERT) program was charged to develop �technologies
>> needed to provide cost-competitive ground baseload electrical
>> power from space-based solar energy converters."
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10202&page=1>
>> Statement of John C. Mankins
>> Manager, Advanced Concepts Studies
>> Office of Space Flight
>> September 7, 2000
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>> Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee,
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>> "NASA has examined the viability of large-scale space solar power
>> (SSP) systems through a series of studies and preliminary technology
>> research activities."
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>> "Very briefly, our results and findings to date can be summarized as follows:"
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>> "a. �Large-scale SSP is a very complex integrated system of systems that
>> � � �requires numerous significant advances in current technology
>> � � �and capabilities
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>> �b. � A technology roadmap has been developed that lays out potential paths
>> � � � �for achieving all needed advances"
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>> I believe the goal of NASA should be to replace fossil fuels
>> with Space Solar Power, and accomplish this before the
>> oil runs out, or global warming becomes irreversible.
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>> Whichever comes first~
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>> Jonathan
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>> "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and
>> � � do the other things, not because they are easy, but
>> � �because they are hard, because that goal will serve
>> � � �to organize and measure the best of our energies
>> � � and skills, because that challenge is one that we
>> � � � are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to
>> � � �postpone, and one which we intend to win..."
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>> � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �-JFK
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>> s
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> The first step would be to colonize Mars. McCain has talked about
> sending a shuttle to Mars. Then we would mine the Universe for its
> vast riches and explore more planets. We certainly have the
> technology to do this, it's just a matter of logistics.
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> C3
The Space Shuttle is not designed to go to Mars, much less the Moon.
It is designed and engineered for low earth orbit only.
It lacks the delta vee to get out of earth orbit.
