Rick Baudé Wrote:
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> sansahansan Wrote:
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> > Roxana Cooper Wrote:
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> > > All the usual misconceptions about the
> > Medieval
> > > period I see. Damn.
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> > Heh, didn't follow that one...
> >
> > @Rick, perhaps so... but then again, we're
> > supposedly on track for Mars in 2020's???
> Yah,
> > that'll happen....
>
> How's that going to happen when Obama killed the
> moon program, the space shuttle is due to be
> retired, and there's no follow on manned space
> flight and NASA has just laid off
> >
> > Now, about that ocean front property in
> Arizona?
>
> I'd love to but I just spent all of my money on
> funding for this bridge in Brooklyn, they assured
> me it's a great deal.
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Well, while you're trying to recoup that investment, be sure to listen in on the latest plan for space:
[www.informationweek.com]

Note that the return to the moon by 2020 was canceled, the shuttle was canceled... so Nasa & Lockheed are closing down shuttle related jobs... Which, btw, allows Nasa (and lockheed to a degree) to meet RIF targets (Reduction In Force) that were mandated...

Regardless, Somehow i suspect there won't be an issue in another 5 years... but in 15-20, we're looking at an all new Space Race w/ China and/or India if they can maintain their growth pace.

Ack I seem to be on an icy slope with an ugly tar pit at the bottom marked 'politics' so I'll drop that line of thought and quote myself from above re: the plan for mars...

"Yah, right."