Exactly, and we should give up any idea of a manned mission there until we have a propulsion system that can get us there and back in a reasonable amount of time..
Precisely.
There was a lot of flack about cutting the funding meant for a new moon mission, but they aren't exactly cutting funding for NASA.
I personally think it was a great decision. I would love for us to go to the moon again, but the way they were drawing up, it was basically like going back to the old days and just repeating what was successful. That isn't exactly progress.
The Orbiters had one purpose - building and fixing things in space. We need to make progress on
that idea, but not simply re-doing the orbiter idea. And most certainly not just redoing the old cabin on a rocket idea.
NASA has already come up with some great propulsion ideas, but the issue so far has been coming up with one that can create good propulsion in a short amount of time, for a large vehicle. They have failed on both fronts thus far, but I believe they have had some good progress with some of the tech and equipment. We just won't have any of it for another decade, at the minimum.
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