Comments on: On the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11: The Government should cancel it’s own moon program

By: mrdoornbos

mrdoornbos — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:10:52 +0000

I didn't suggest canceling all NASA exploration, just this current moon program. It's a distraction from creating a real industry.

I like your open letter to NASA on your blog, you make some excellent points.

By: engstudent

engstudent — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:51:29 +0000

This is ridiculous – you make excellent points but your conclusion is extreme. Canceling NASA space exploration program in a radical fast strike of somebodies pen would create a huge vacuum for space research and cost the US economy dearly over the long run.

The best solution is to continue NASAs space exploration programs while in parallel change the feds policy to bring along the commercial space sector thru what you recommend tax incentives, COTS like programs, and the purchase and increasing reliability on privately provider space services.

A radical change like the one you argue for here wont help industry or US leadership and national interest in space, doing more harm than good in the long run.

By: mrdoornbos

mrdoornbos — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:10:52 +0000

I didn't suggest canceling all NASA exploration, just this current moon program. It's a distraction from creating a real industry.

I like your open letter to NASA on your blog, you make some excellent points.

By: engstudent

engstudent — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:51:29 +0000

A radical change like the one you argue for here wont help industry or US leadership and national interest in space, doing more harm than good in the long run.

By: Red_Bird

Red_Bird — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:42:32 +0000

What NASA did 40 years ago was fantastic. Since then they've actually gone backwards. They can't go to the moon now- they can't even get out of orbit. And the only chance they have of going to moon in the future - at least a decade from now- and that was with a president open to it- is if every administration starting now and for the next TWO election cycles, agrees that it's a good idea.

Going to the moon or doing any sort of relevant space exploration is entirely up to our bloated, self involved, slow moving government. It just won't happen. It's up to the people to get us into space again.