At 03:19 PM 1/15/04 +0000, you wrote:
>President Bush made a pretty ambituos announcement the other day
>concerning man on the moon and eventually a manned mission to Mars. I
>believe he is just blowing smoke because we do not seem to have any
>viable designs in the works for a replacement for the inadequate
>shuttle or for a lunar based station. I am an engineer who has worked
>in aviation R&D projects for quite some time. It takes years just to
>get a drawing to become a prototype for testing, remember how long it
>took for the present shuttle. What gives, any takers?
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I think the Presidents intentions are good, but I don't think it is a good
idea to promise money for a project
that far in advance when we don't know what it going to happen or make
happen that far in the future. Talk about a leap of
faith! I think that it is good to plan for projects in the future. I
really think the President has enough on his plate to eat/or think about
right here on planet earth.