fafalone Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 According to this article, NASA will use nuclear propulsion to send astronauts to Mars by 2010. Project Prometheus will take 2 months to arrive at Mars rather the 6 month trip the current space flight technology at 18,000mph would take. President Bush may announce the project in his upcoming State of the Union Addresse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radical Edward Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 cool, so a war on iraq costing billions, a ship to mars, costing billions, tax relief, the vast majority of which goes to the richest 1% of the population..... methinks bush isn't really all that interested in the economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted January 18, 2003 Author Share Posted January 18, 2003 Actually, there is a precedent to this; back in the 60s, announcing missions boosted the economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radical Edward Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 'back in the 60s', that still doesn't excuse bush's weapons of mass distraction though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 That's fast. Does it travel through the ether? :jk: I'm curious about the race for Mars. We'd really like to know what's there (or was there), but what's the rush? It'll still be there by the time we can build probes with a 2 day transit period. [disclaimer - tired and academically exhausted] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radical Edward Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 what's the rush? China... heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 Don't sweat it. They're racing India to the moon for the next 50 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted January 18, 2003 Author Share Posted January 18, 2003 There is no rush. If there was a rush, we would have been there decades ago. The government doesn't adequately fund science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted January 20, 2003 Author Share Posted January 20, 2003 Once we start having the ability to colonize other planets, we'll be alot more motivated towards progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aman Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 Our engineers need jobs. Jeez, they're mopping at rest homes. Some solid contracts for Aerospace would do wonders for the country. Just aman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 Originally posted by Radical Edward cool, so a war on iraq costing billions, a ship to mars, costing billions, tax relief, the vast majority of which goes to the richest 1% of the population..... methinks bush isn't really all that interested in the economy. You have figured that out just now ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 Originally posted by Adam You have figured that out just now ? King George Bush the first was careless enough, not mentioning his best son king George W. Bush the second which is a much worse character of tyrant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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