Quote from: RigelFive on 06/19/2013 05:05 amPerhaps this could be defined as the new era of cybernautics? Uhhhh.... Stick with the poetry there, yungsta. Ya prose gittin' dense. Again, I mean that in the most way possible (TM).First, I didn't catch your new acronym, NAI.Second, would the following be a fair interpretation of your rant outline?Accepting the notion that government agencies grow from small committees to large bureaucracies; acknowledging that the original functions of those agencies evolve over time; noting that the evolution can result in agency mission creep resulting in a culture of non-accomplishment; what then would be a good strategy of directing the nation's aeronautic and HSF goals?You suggest four areas of possible government endeavor. All of them depend only upon robotic methodologies. Therefore, it sounds like you are positing the tentative premise to remove the "H" from HSF and replace it with an "R".Is this a fair paraphrase?
Perhaps this could be defined as the new era of cybernautics?
Well alrighty then. Did I fairly paraphrase you above?
Quote from: JohnFornaro on 06/20/2013 01:11 pmWell alrighty then. Did I fairly paraphrase you above?Yes.
To the OP:Nothing much will happen to space travel if it is proven that there never was life on Mars. The reason that nothing will happen is that the "not-life fact" will not reduce any future costs whatsoever.Should the cost issue be alleviated by an honest government program to build a new privately operated and publicly available economic infrastructure in the cis-lunar arena, then a dead planet in a heavy gravity well will have a greater chance of having a colonization attempt.
Quote from: RigelFive on 06/20/2013 01:53 pmQuote from: JohnFornaro on 06/20/2013 01:11 pmWell alrighty then. Did I fairly paraphrase you above?Yes.Good. I thought I got it. Thanks for the clarification. Therefore, do you agree with my synopsis of the OP?Quote from: JohnFornaro on 06/15/2013 02:42 pmTo the OP:Nothing much will happen to space travel if it is proven that there never was life on Mars. The reason that nothing will happen is that the "not-life fact" will not reduce any future costs whatsoever.Should the cost issue be alleviated by an honest government program to build a new privately operated and publicly available economic infrastructure in the cis-lunar arena, then a dead planet in a heavy gravity well will have a greater chance of having a colonization attempt.