What types of projects are given priority / what means of manned
transportation are in use / is the space shuttle still in use / what
happened to ISS / US partnerships with Russia, China?
"Black Ronin" <black...@cinci.rr.com> wrote in message
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I'll paint a dark scenario: In 2010, economic stagnation, increasing
deficits, and an unsustainable trade imbalance have caused the dollar
to collapse against other currencies. Oil hits $100/barrel,
unemployment exceeds 20%, and the space program is a memory.
Paul
Yuck. Sounds like Russia in the early nineties. Speaking of which,
I expect this will be a real windfall for them. now that there is
such immediate need for their vehicles to support Ronnie's ISS.
More employment there, rather than in The Axis of Evil may be a
good thing.
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Gruebait
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Uh, correction. The space station that old Ron envisioned (Freedom)
was more than just a glorified zero-gee lab. It was going to be a
waystation for HEO/LaGrange/moon-bound OMVs and OTVs, and a
refurbishment 'drydock' for same. *THAT* would be a hell of a lot
better than the setup we have now; ie, locked into LEO.
This orbiting political stepchild called ISS is Billy-boy's idea. Or
Danny-boy's. But wait! Al invented everything, didn't he? Must be his!
Cheers,
Kodos the Executioner
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Eh, to be honest I'm not sure Reagan imagined much other than some "glorious
ideal of space flight"
It was the engineers at NASA that imagined all that.