Originally posted by: SwiftWind
Topic Title: Have you reserved your seat yet?
Originally posted by: akubi
Originally posted by: Rudee
WTF are you talking about?![]()
Originally posted by: SwiftWind
My bad...updated!
Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
NASA can barely keep the shuttle program afloat, what makes you think Virgin will make this a reality in 2008?
Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
NASA can barely keep the shuttle program afloat, what makes you think Virgin will make this a reality in 2008?
Originally posted by: SwiftWind
Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
NASA can barely keep the shuttle program afloat, what makes you think Virgin will make this a reality in 2008?
Nasa's hands are tied by the government - meaning that they are only limited bt the budget they are given.
Virgin on the other hand is a giant company who's swimming in money.....
However, I have my doubts since there many programs like these coming up in the 90's.
Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Originally posted by: SwiftWind
Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
NASA can barely keep the shuttle program afloat, what makes you think Virgin will make this a reality in 2008?
Nasa's hands are tied by the government - meaning that they are only limited bt the budget they are given.
Virgin on the other hand is a giant company who's swimming in money.....
However, I have my doubts since there many programs like these coming up in the 90's.
Tied by gov't yes; but who has the most resources and $?
Originally posted by: gsaldivar
Yep, private enterprise is alive and well. That is all. :thumbsup:![]()
Originally posted by: SwiftWind
Well that's the thing. They've been struggling for budget constantly. Everytime something goes haywire at Nasa they seem to lose more support. They had to cut off satellites and I THINK that they were planning to cut off the first rover that's already up there due to funding.
Originally posted by: gsaldivar
Originally posted by: SwiftWind
Well that's the thing. They've been struggling for budget constantly. Everytime something goes haywire at Nasa they seem to lose more support. They had to cut off satellites and I THINK that they were planning to cut off the first rover that's already up there due to funding.
The Hubble was canned because operations and maintenance was exceeding the cost of developing a replacement, among other reasons. The Mars rover project has exceeded its projected lifespan several times over, and NASA has actually had to renew funding to keep the program operational far longer than was originally thought possible.
Originally posted by: SwiftWind
In your opinion though, what do you think of Virgin's program?
Originally posted by: gsaldivar
Originally posted by: SwiftWind
In your opinion though, what do you think of Virgin's program?
It looks good to me. People able to afford today's luxury of private spaceflight will provide the necessary funding for the development of tommorrow's cheaper technology. Eventually, the cost should fall within the reach of the average person. :thumbsup: