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Asteroid Missions May Replace Lunar Base Plans
An anonymous reader alerts us to a story about efforts to modify the United States' space exploration plans to focus on asteroid missions rather than a lunar base. Scientists, astronauts, and former NASA division directors will be meeting next month to develop an alternative to the Bush administration's Vision for Space Exploration. We have previously discussed the possibility of a manned asteroid mission. Quoting:
"Numerous planetary managers told Aviation Week & Space Technology they now fear a manned Moon base and even shorter sorties to the Moon will bog down the space program for decades and inhibit, rather than facilitate, manned Mars operations--the ultimate goal of both the Bush and alternative visions. The first lunar sortie would be flown by about 2020 under the Bush plan. If alternative-vision planners have their way, the mission could instead be flown to an asteroid in about 2025."
At least NASA has the intelligence and a plan to reverse the idiocy that George threw at them in his effort to paint himself like JFK.
Asteroids are a danger. The odds of one hitting the earth are slim, but if one did, it could end most life on the planet. I'm glad NASA is able to stand up to the little dictator.
***IS***. George Bush IS an unpopular president. We still have another year of the little Alfred E. Newman lookalike bastard.
Something ELSE you for sure haven't seen coming, is the large magnetic giant PLANET in the solar system that George and his cronies are secretly trying to get close to, under the noses of the public. This "new" focus of space travel is something they have been wanting to do, but have been looking for a reason that won't tip off the public. This is known by a lot of people, but not the general public. NASA, and the completely corrupt White house, have not told US that this planet has long been known (first reported in 1983 - Washington post) to be approaching Earth (will pass within 53 Million miles) and cause massive global earthquakes and send us back 100 + years in culture and technology (daddy, what's a computer?). They are also stifeling the increased Earth changes (earthquakes & other natural disasters) that are caused by this planet that is 27 times the mass of earth. Don't believe me? Just keep watching, they can't stifle the days getting increasingly longer to point where a day is 50% as much longer! Crow.
He's a puppet. That's what is wrong with him.
Chaney and other neocons "advising" him are the ones actually in power. Though some of the bad ideas were his, mostly related tax policy. The idea to take out Saddam was also bad, but then the "advisors" wanted it to happen instead of talking sense. Heck, most American's wanted the war in Iraq (see public opinion prior to war) so I don't think they can now point to it as something really bad for US.