Why?
I know, you think, yes go, go.
How do you convince those in charge of the pocket book that they should fund?
Just saying, "Because ...." may not be enough.
You might want to read what Jeff Foust has written and see what you think.
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http://www.thespacereview.com/
The $3-billion-a-year question
by Jeff Foust
Monday, September 21, 2009
It’s little surprise that, since the Review of US Human Space Flight Plans Committee (aka the Augustine committee after its chairman, Norm Augustine) released its summary report nearly two weeks ago, that its contents have dominated the debate about the future of NASA’s exploration plans. The options included in the report were in line with what the committee considered during its public hearings, but the report’s language, starting with its initial sentence—“The U.S. human spaceflight program appears to be on an unsustainable trajectory”—made its contents particularly stark. NASA’s current program, with its current budget and its current schedule, just isn’t possible; something would have to change.
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The debate over options and funding, though, is missing a bigger, more strategic question. It’s a question that, if answered completely and convincingly, makes it much easier to resolve the issues of the options to pursue and funding needed to accomplish them. It’s a question of childlike simplicity but can be difficult to answer. It can also be summarized in a single word: why? As in, why should the US have a human spaceflight program?
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What some have offered as reasons we should go to space.
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http://www.nssnyc.org/
A Million Reasons To Go To Space
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Some more thoughts.
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http://cygo.com/why_space.html
Adventure, exploration, learning what's out there
Wealth, opportunities, jobs
-- Most everything made on earth can be made in space at less cost. Manufacturing facilities can be made quickly using a few mold forms, asteroid materials, sand casting, and assembly of molded pieces into modules that interconnect.
-- Business means jobs and space has everything the bright entreprenuer wants and the additional advantage of the flexibility in controlling G-forces from many times that of earth down to zero-G and the added increased productivity and any new product possibilities discovered therefrom.
-- The world's oil and gas reserves are running out. We must deal with the energy crisis and the depletion of natural resources. The resources of space are essential to any serious effort to tackle these problems.
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And if you would like to live in space.
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http://groups.google.com/
Space Renaissance Initiative
Space Renaissance is a new, global philosophy, having its basic ground on Earth, and its natural development in the extraterrestrial space. Our founding concepts are New Humanism and Astro Humanism. We look at the past Renaissance (1500) as an inspiration for patronage and capability to aim high, and to make great projects by means of good will and mutual cooperation.
Among our scopes:
- to give birth to a Foundation
- to build a great school for graduates and post-graduate doctorates and masters
- to build the philosophy and the culture of the Space Age, to help
the New Renaissance of Humanity in Space
The Space Renaissance Initiative published a call for a world wide
forum -- the Space Renaissance Forum -- to be held one week before the
next G20!
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Well it will be interesting to see what develops in the next 30 years,
that is if I live to be 101. :-)
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
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