Cool NASA Tech That Will Never See Space

coondoggie writes to tell us that with the "new and improved" NASA budget on the way it looks like many of the cool projects NASA has in the works will never see the light of day, let alone space. The biggest cut looks to be the Ares heavy lift rocket but other cuts include a new composite spacecraft, deep space network, inflatable lunar habitat, and an electric moon-buggie.

Comments

Re:NASA needs more budget.

[WormholeFiend]

Plus you have private companies.

I think we'll be fine

I'm kinda concerned about Weyland-Yutani's business practices though

Re:NASA needs more budget.

[Tumbleweed]

I'm kinda concerned about Weyland-Yutani's business practices though

I dunno, their motto isn't all bad: "Do no evil. On Earth."

Re:NASA needs more budget.

[Tumbleweed]

Exactly, I wouldn't worry too much about them. What worries me more is the Umbrella Corporation, and they're doing some serious shit on earth.

Yeah, but I hear they're about to go IPO...

Re:The myth of private industry

[tjstork]

Flamebait? Gotta love the myth of non-partisan modders.

The irony too, is that, I'm a right wing Republican that got modded down on a generally liberal board for defending a government program against privatization. I'm still scratching my head on that one!