Posted this a while back. Let’s see if it is greeted with apathy once again!
Take a long hard look at the Orion space vehicle. Seem familiar to you? It should. Think back to when the Apollo programme to send men to the moon happened.
Since the Space Shuttle was retired due to the shortsightedness of those who hold the purse strings in America, in effect their space program virtually ground to a halt. Now NASA has decided to readopt the old nineteen sixties Apollo technology, minus the colossal Saturn Five rocket. Why? What’s the point of taking such a retrograde step, when with a little imagination, they already have the basis for what they are proposing in an already proven space vehicle – the Space Shuttle. All it needs is to be modified for the long flight to Mars.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-12-03/why-nasas-orion-spacecraft-looks-so-familiar
Let’s face it, America can not do it alone. If it is to be achieved then it must become a combined operation, encompassing the…
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