But the paradigm for earth observation has already started shifting to the private sector. Some imaging is already coming from privately owned satellites and I would frankly be shocked if in 10 years a US government agency (excluding military/intelligence) is still designing or purchasing actual flight hardware for earth observation except in special cases.
But the paradigm for earth observation has already started shifting to the private sector. Some imaging is already coming from privately owned satellites and I would frankly be shocked if in 10 years a US government agency (excluding military/intelligenct) is still designing or purchasing actual flight hardware for earth observation except in special cases. There's no reason for NASA to purchase earth observation data for NOAA.
NOAA expertise is analysing climate data, building satellites is just a means to obtain that data. Instead of owning satellite just buy data and have a company own and operate satellite.
Instead of owning satellite just buy data and have a company own and operate satellite.
Quote from: TrevorMonty on 11/18/2016 05:11 pmNOAA expertise is analysing climate data, building satellites is just a means to obtain that data. Instead of owning satellite just buy data and have a company own and operate satellite. There is no point is that since there is no market outside of the govt for the data
Bigelow, a vocal Trump supporter, calls for doubling NASA's budget and a focus on the moon...http://spacenews.com/bigelow-calls-on-trump-to-sharply-increase-nasa-spending/I believe he wants NASA to buy his habs for cis lunar use. /personal opinion
Here are a few areas of anticipated focus for the Trump administration:1) NASA’s bureaucracy/infrastructure is much too large and expensive.2) NASA shouldn’t be spending so much money on Earth sciences.3) The Moon is a better and more important destination than Mars4) Entrepreneurial space should play a larger role in all aspects of space.5) Space activities cut across international, civil, military and commercial arenas and should be run out of the White House, by a National Space Council, reporting to Vice President Pence.Everyone knew canceling the Constellation human space flight program would be unpopular in the states that had contracts, for example, but felt it was necessary to advance a meaningful and sustainable space program.NASA issues are more parochial than partisan, but partisanship has crept into Congress’s funding decisions for NASA and the space program over the past few years. The most recent partisan aspect of NASA’s budget has been funding for Earth sciences. Attacks from the right have slowed the government’s overall ability to monitor and understand our changing climate. The predominant Republican view seems to be that NASA should focus on its more widely known objective of human exploration beyond low Earth orbit, and let NOAA handle weather predictions.The space community continually clamors for presidential candidates to say something about space during the campaign, only to pick apart and criticize every utterance
Trent has been proven wrong on several of his predictions in the past. However, Trent may be right on this one. Elon really does not like Trump and has stated so publically. The president-elect has shown to have a highly volatile nature. He has also shown to be very sensitive to public critique to the point that he threatens to retaliate. It's also an established fact that Trump usually likes to fight his fights in court. Lord knows how many folks and companies he has sued in the past 3 decades. So yeah, I'll give Trent the benefit of the doubt on this one. I think that the coming administration will be no friend of SpaceX in general and Elon Musk in particular.
Because apparently some people can't Google for things they don't want to believe.http://www.autoblog.com/2016/11/22/trump-potential-press-secretary-attacks-elon-musk/http://www.afr.com/technology/tesla-and-elon-musk-face-big-setback-under-donald-trump-20161109-gslwaihttp://dailycaller.com/2016/11/18/elon-musk-could-lose-tons-of-cash-it-trump-cuts-his-subsidies/http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2016/11/14/will-elon-musks-spacex-crash-land-on-planet-trump/https://www.cnet.com/au/news/elon-musk-donald-trump-election-tesla/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/brinkmann-on-business/os-pac-elon-musk-spacex-20161122-story.html... and many more.