Ares Quarterly Progress Report #12

[Australian123Gamer]

Technoalgy is advacing and i think nasa is more then capable of landing on the moon by 2025 if they couldn't they could just repeat the apollo module if they where desperate but they arn't look at the facts before to post a stupid comment like that

[deckadad01]

i think the gouverment should spend 25% of their budjet on space programs, instead of war in iraq. i know that we have lots of problems on earth(poverty, desease,ect) but space exploration is the key to fixing all those problems

[guitarist151]

What? Of course it is possible to go to Mars. What would make you think it is impossible?

[dcb1138]

This is true !!! The Augustine report says exactly that. Sad but true.

[Hannsfeld]

Because as a nation we apparently feel that if we are not 'showing up the communists' there is no reason to achieve in space. There is also the assinine view that we must solve every earthly problem, like 'world hunger' and 'poverty' before spending money toward scientific achievements like space travel - as if scientific endeavors are some kind of luxury we can ill afford.

We should have one of those check boxes on our tax returns to allocate a dollar to the space program...

[TheFutureIsRightHere]

Why did NASA stop the APOLLO missions back then? If they haven't, there could be bases on the moon right now and possibly people would have flew to Mars by now. So, 40 years we didn't fly to the moon. Why?

[AresTV]

NASA's budget was reduced drastically (from approximately 4% of the federal budget to less than 1%), making it impossible to continue lunar missions or other exploration targets.

[HAL11000]

Richard Nixon thought Apollo was 'too expensive' and endorsed the Space Shuttle while reducing NASA's budget. It was believed that reusability would drastically reduce the cost of space access and allow a much higher flight rate. Ironically, the Space Shuttle was a complex machine that needed extensive repairs and tests between flights; becoming more expensive than originally thought.

For the full story, enter "Shuttle Disaster PBS" on google.

You can watch the whole story there.

[dcb1138]

I'll tell you why. Short sighted politicians. Much like Obama...the losers in this country think the space program is a waste. They want the money for themselves to waste. I'm sorry, if your financially stupid and/or homeless its your own damn fault.

[TheFutureIsRightHere]

Why is NASA planning to go to the moon as far as 2020? They should be going to Mars by 2020!

[imarchello]

Good luck with the funding, NASA...

[JustAnAdjunct]

Hope the stick flies. It'll be the first solid propellant rocket to carry humans if it works.

[joachim2464]

Not the first. The space shuttle System is also using SRB's

[JustAnAdjunct]

I said rocket not vehicle stack. The SRBs on the shuttle are basically two rockets strapped to the fuel tanks. Putting people on top of an SRB and relying solely on it's thrust until second stage separation is a whole other story and has never been done before.

[JustAnAdjunct]

*fuel tank

[TheFutureIsRightHere]

wasn't it done on the Apollo?

[JustAnAdjunct]

Didn't they use only liquid stages?

[AresTV]

JustAnAdjunct has the right of it. The Saturn rockets were entirely liquid fueled. Ares I will be the first vehicle to launch on a solid-only first stage.