Rick Boozer points to Elon Musk’s recent comments about eventually building a giant rocket for Mars transportation to highlight again the absurdity of the enormously expensive and pointless SLS/Orion program : Will SpaceX Super Rocket Kill NASA’s ‘Rocket to Nowhere’? – Space.com.
Rick also had this earlier op-ed by Rick at Space.com: It’s Time to Send Americans to the Inner Solar System – Space.com.
Rick is the author of the book The Plundering of NASA: an Exposé, which I’ve mentioned here many times. It’s available at Amazon.
See also my post Alternatives to the Monster Rocket for beyond earth missions for more resources regarding lowering the cost of getting to space and of getting around in space.
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Other space policy/politics related links:
- Google wins Hangar One lease – Palo Alto Online
- GSA, NASA Competitively Select Planetary Ventures LLC to Begin Lease Negotiations for Rehabilitation of Hangar One and Use of Moffett Federal Airfield – NASA
- Google Takes Over NASA’s Hangar One, a Silicon Valley Icon – Wired Enterprise/Wired.com
- Congressman, NASA experts meet to discuss unused KSC buildings – www.wftv.com
- Union says ‘supervisory mischief’ leads to ‘robust’ bias at NASA – Washington Post
- NASA and French Space Agency Sign Agreement for Mars Mission – NASA
- Waiting for Word on Yutu’s Fate – SpacePolicyOnine.com
Update:
Webcast:
- Rick Tumlinson, Sunday, 2-9-14- Thespaceshow’s Blog – “Rick’s commercial space ventures, space advocacy, NASA, space development and exploration challenges & methods for moving the “revolution” forward.”
Links:
- Congressional panel reviews Shiloh launch pad issues: Meetings review options, concerns for environment – Florida Today
- Composites: Sen. Warner says Hampton Roads could become the Silicon Valley of composites – dailypress.com
- Cost Versus Safety – Transterrestrial Musings
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