- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
1
Posted on 12/5/14 at 1:51 pm to OMLandshark
#1: With Europe landing on a comet it is great to see the rest of the world stepping up. To space we are one. We should all share the costs of exploring it. I am not embarrassed by this.
#2: As a country we have decided our priorities are entitlement based and not space. I am embarrassed by this.
#2: As a country we have decided our priorities are entitlement based and not space. I am embarrassed by this.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 1:51 pm to lsu13lsu
quote:This.
As a country we have decided our priorities are entitlement based and not space.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 1:52 pm to OMLandshark
Science in general is underfunded.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 1:54 pm to OMLandshark
No NASA has performed it's mission as a propaganda/disinformation machine fairly well
Posted on 12/5/14 at 1:55 pm to constant cough
quote:
You mean muslim outreach program.
You mean global warmening prefecture.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 1:56 pm to OMLandshark
NDGT gave a few great lectures on this topic. He basically stated that man has 3 great drivers to do things like frontier exploration. 1) do it for god 2) do it for money 3) do it for war. Privatizing space exploration would be pointless. Private companies will go into space operations when there is a profit to be made and not before that. SpaceX has a few different services they can provide in space operations, like resupplying ISS. However, exploration of space will never be a privatized endeavor. And just for a frame of reference...SpaceX took private citizens into "space" a little while back and what they called "space" was about far away as a 4hr car ride. Orion was 3600mi from earth and it was just a short test flight. We started NASA because of the war driver and once that was gone we started slicing up NASA's budget and we also closed down the SuperConducting Super Collider we were in the process of building in the late 80s. Sidenote, we'd would've found the Higgs long before CERN had we kept with it. NASA's budget is 1 half of 1 percent of government spending. So yes, im embarassed at how underfunded NASA is.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 1:57 pm to OMLandshark
If you want to spend all of your money on entitlements then you cannot afford space programs
Posted on 12/5/14 at 2:03 pm to bencoleman
quote:
No NASA has performed it's mission as a propaganda/disinformation machine fairly well
You do realize that NASA conducts a lot more science than just space exploration right?
Posted on 12/5/14 at 2:05 pm to bencoleman
quote:
No NASA has performed it's mission as a propaganda/disinformation machine fairly well
By what? Uniting the nation towards a common goal that advances us as a species that didn't take a god damn catastrophe to do?
This post was edited on 12/5/14 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 12/5/14 at 3:01 pm to OMLandshark
Excellent post OP
Posted on 12/5/14 at 3:09 pm to OMLandshark
It will improve.
There was a thread about the launch earlier today. A friend is a major player in its development. We were discussing this launch and future plans recently. This launch is one of several test flights prior to a manned Mars Mission in the future. They are working on so many new things within this project. I think (and hope) we will see some new and exciting technology yielded from this project.
There was a thread about the launch earlier today. A friend is a major player in its development. We were discussing this launch and future plans recently. This launch is one of several test flights prior to a manned Mars Mission in the future. They are working on so many new things within this project. I think (and hope) we will see some new and exciting technology yielded from this project.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 3:12 pm to TheIndulger
quote:
I'm pretty proud there's an American flag on the moon. I'd like to see one on Mars too
I DGAF. If privates want to do it with their money, great. Make yourself proud with your own money.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 3:28 pm to Zach
The benefit of the space program, from a tax payer perspective, certainly isn't just pride. The end destination (Mars in the case of SLS/Orion) is a great goal that I would love to see us achieve, however, the technological advancements made in the process of getting there are the biggest immediate benefit.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 3:30 pm to Zach
quote:
1. In 1969 if anyone had said "Mail delivery can go private" they would have laughed at you."
2. We don't know what would have happened if space had been private 20 or 30 years ago. But I trust private more than govt.
3. NASA is a POS. They are responsible for the faked data starting the GW hoax. NASA should be shut down.
Damn Zach - never go full retard!!
1. UPS and FedEx still don't "deliver the mail'
2. Yes we do. If NASA had disappeared 30 years ago, there would be no space station.
3. NASA has been directed by politics in this admin. They should not be in the GW debate nor should they have a 'Muslim Outreach' agenda.
NASA is one of the most worthy govt civil activities of all time. I am proud of my 30+ years service with them. Some of the happiest times of my life were spent with some of the most intelligent and dedicated people on earth during the early days of the space program. Nothing was beyond our grasp as a nation at that time. This was one government program where 99% of the govt empolyees were absolutely outstanding in terms of character, intelligence, dedication, qualification, work ethic. I am proud to have been in their association.
This Orion project is the first manned space program our nation has implemented that I had no connection to. I am excited - and hope to live long enough to see it happen.
I agree that NASA's mission now is not what it should be. The fix is not to shut down NASA but to return it to its proper mission.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 3:38 pm to LSUDropout
quote:
The benefit of the space program, from a tax payer perspective, certainly isn't just pride. The end destination (Mars in the case of SLS/Orion) is a great goal that I would love to see us achieve, however, the technological advancements made in the process of getting there are the biggest immediate benefit.
And this is what we call 'An Unsupported Assertion.' Here is another term for it "CBA"... Cost Benefit Analysis.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 3:41 pm to ChineseBandit58
quote:
1. UPS and FedEx still don't "deliver the mail'
They do at my house. Every friggin' day. Lucy has OCD. She must buy something online every day or she gets withdrawal symptems.
This post was edited on 12/5/14 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 12/5/14 at 3:47 pm to Zach
quote:
I DGAF. If privates want to do it with their money, great. Make yourself proud with your own money.
NASA, under the most conservative of estimates, is estimated to have paid itself back in a 7 to 1 ratio. Under the most liberal, it's hundreds of times over. Just about every major piece of technology these days can likely be traced back to the Apollo missions when they tried to miniaturize machines these astronauts needed on board to keep them alive, but also small enough to get off the Earth. Your point about money is moot and absolutely retarded. No telling what kind of new goodies we'll get by going to Mars. It's going to pay off, and big.
This post was edited on 12/5/14 at 3:51 pm
Posted on 12/5/14 at 3:49 pm to Zach
quote:
And this is what we call 'An Unsupported Assertion.' Here is another term for it "CBA"... Cost Benefit Analysis.
But NASA's doing that right now, whether you know it or not. Why wouldn't the biggest journey in the history of mankind accelerate this?
Posted on 12/5/14 at 3:52 pm to mmcgrath
quote:That describes me, although I would have said not to spend.
You want to not spend a public dime on space exploration.
Page 2 of 6
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News