In other words: '...we (United States) cannot afford to go it alone'
Quote from: robertross on 08/02/2012 11:30 pmIn other words: '...we (United States) cannot afford to go it alone'Actually we could. It's just there is no desire and there is an administration in power that talks a big game but couldn't lead out of a wet paper bag
I’m very disappointed in Charlie. In the video he said he would do what the President wants. Believe Charlie should review the wording of the oath he took.
Quote from: Go4TLI on 08/03/2012 12:41 amQuote from: robertross on 08/02/2012 11:30 pmIn other words: '...we (United States) cannot afford to go it alone'Actually we could. It's just there is no desire and there is an administration in power that talks a big game but couldn't lead out of a wet paper bagI'm sorry, but I disagree with both assertions, but I won't create a food fight over this. Suffice to say the US is drowning in debt, the US administration is in reality a 2-headed beast (Senate & House) that can't seem to agree on anything for the good of its country (especially now with the adminstration in a 'lame duck' position). With international partners, like with the ISS, it can leverage on commitments that would be created to carry the momentum forward.And in the grand scheme of things, China can be the biggest funder of the project (it would essentially be their money anyway wrt the USA portion).
Quote from: robertross on 08/02/2012 11:30 pmIn other words: '...we (United States) cannot afford to go it alone'Actually we could. It's just there is no desire and there is an administration in power that talks a big game but couldn't lead out of a wet paper bag.
What bothers me most about Bolden's statements is the total lack of leadership. Here is the quote:"The U.S. cannot always be the leader, but we can be the inspirational leader through international cooperation"
In contrast Constellation/SLS/Orion is a huge government monolith with no prospect of creating income for American companies. It has consistently overrun its budget and is years behind.
The Obama Administration is using unfettered private industry
Actually we could. It's just there is no desire and there is an administration in power that talks a big game but couldn't lead out of a wet paper bag
We'll never get another Jack Kennedy saying "We choose to go to the moon". Modern politicians are apathetic or ignorant about spaceflight (usually both).
Quote from: tigerade on 08/05/2012 10:41 pmWe'll never get another Jack Kennedy saying "We choose to go to the moon". Modern politicians are apathetic or ignorant about spaceflight (usually both). So was JFK. His proclamation was about geopolitics, not space.
http://history.nasa.gov/JFK-Webbconv/pages/transcript.pdfPresident Kennedy: (snip) But I do think we ought get it, you know, really clear that the policy ought to be that this is the top-priority program of the Agency, and one of the two things, except for defense, the top priority of the United States government. I think that that is the position we ought to take. Now, this may not change anything about that schedule, but at least we ought to be clear, otherwise we shouldn’t be spending this kind of money because I’m not that interested in space. I think it’s good; I think we ought to know about it; we’re ready to spend reasonable amounts ofmoney. But we’re talking about these fantastic expenditures which wreck our budget and all these other domestic programs and the only justification for it, in my opinion, to do it in this time or fashion, is because we hope to beat them and demonstrate that starting behind, as we did by a couple years, by God, we passed them.