President Obama on Thursday delivered a major speech at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida about his vision for human spaceflight in the coming years, affirming that he is “100 percent committed to the mission of NASA and its future.”
As part of a $6 billion increase in NASA’s budget over the next five years, the president aims to increase exploration of the solar system, as well as make more Earth-based observations designed to help humans protect the environment.
President Obama stated that he is 100% committed to the mission of NASA and its future. He also said that we should do it right.
A question on his committed to NASA mission is what exactly is NASA's mission for human exploration and use of space based resources?
He also stated that we should do it right. I guess that means throwing away the many studies, plans, and evalutions already done by professional scientists and engineers and begin from scratch.
Why not set up 2-3 'tiger teams' to dust off the existing plans and proposals and enhance them a bit-then President Obama could make a decision on the type of heavy-lift rocket by Christmas, 2010 and not wait to the year 2015.
It is unclear whether the $6 billion increase for NASA is for increase robotic missions or the smooth the way for private companies to to the taxi and trucking services to the ISS.
The United States needs an aggressive, fast pace space program for many social and economic benefits for Americans and for the whole world,
Sending a crewed mission around Mars in the mid 2030s is not aggressive. Its more like if its done in 2030 okay but if it's not then it will be done someday.
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Obama on Space Exploration: We've Got to Be Smart
Posted by: Katherine Noyes April 16, 2010 08:56 AMPresident Obama on Thursday delivered a major speech at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida about his vision for human spaceflight in the coming years, affirming that he is “100 percent committed to the mission of NASA and its future.”
As part of a $6 billion increase in NASA’s budget over the next five years, the president aims to increase exploration of the solar system, as well as make more Earth-based observations designed to help humans protect the environment.
A question on his committed to NASA mission is what exactly is NASA's mission for human exploration and use of space based resources?
He also stated that we should do it right. I guess that means throwing away the many studies, plans, and evalutions already done by professional scientists and engineers and begin from scratch.
Why not set up 2-3 'tiger teams' to dust off the existing plans and proposals and enhance them a bit-then President Obama could make a decision on the type of heavy-lift rocket by Christmas, 2010 and not wait to the year 2015.
It is unclear whether the $6 billion increase for NASA is for increase robotic missions or the smooth the way for private companies to to the taxi and trucking services to the ISS.
The United States needs an aggressive, fast pace space program for many social and economic benefits for Americans and for the whole world,
Sending a crewed mission around Mars in the mid 2030s is not aggressive. Its more like if its done in 2030 okay but if it's not then it will be done someday.