Human Spaceflight/Augustine Committee - Dan Rasky (SETI Talks)

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This talk will review the back drop and key findings for the Exploration Systems Architecture Study, pursued under former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin, and the recent Review of US Human Spaceflight Plans Committee headed by Norm Augustine. These two key studies have had, and will continue to have, significant impact on the course of the US space program. Possible directions for US manned spaceflight will be discussed as related to these studies and other important developments, such as the emergence of significant new commercial space companies and capabilities.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• SETI NASA spaceflight
• dan rasky
• nasa ames
• augustine committee

[allietacker]

Darn, this is nice. Share more people have not found this.

[jacksawild]

I agree and go further still. It is obscene that we spend so much money on military endeavours when there are children starving to death daily. People get worked up about new world order conspiracies and UFOs and suchlike, but actually one world government is exactly what our corporate leaders do not want. They need people to demonise so we can go over there and bully them to death with our advanced technology. IMO the solution is simple, politicians must serve on front lines of any invasion.

[aryah47]

@Aiden057 presuming there's anything there close enough and emitting properly for SETI to find. I think its a long shot, by far, but of incredible payoff it true. So it's worth some gambling money on it. But maybe not a huge part of one's budget.

[inzit2009]

yes you are right

[Aiden057]

I wonder how far along SETI would be if you had 200 Billion. :-) I say that with respect for NASA, but the question is very serious, actually. My other thought, of course, questions the money spent on Defense --- how much safer and more well defended would we all be, world-wide if we'd spent the same money on science and to meet human needs? Off topic, comment, perhaps. Thanks for another great, informative lecture. Thanks to the speaker for a very good presentation.