My key recommendations to this committee today are as follows:• Affirm that Mars is and will continue to be NASA’s long-term goal for human exploration of space.• At all future milestones on the road to Mars, direct the Agency to focus narrowly on activities that clearly serve the goal of landing humans on Mars, operating there, and returning them safely to Earth.• Adopt cis-lunar space as the next milestone, whether ongoing studies show that it is possible to redirect a small asteroid there or not.• Dictate no milestones beyond cis-lunar space without first assuring ample funding to achieve them.
Should be able to pick more than one. E.g., a combination of Golden Spike (for affordable human precursor missions) ULA/ACES (because of their heavy landers, big 3rd stages, and passively cooled depots), and Spudis and Lavoie (because of the emphasis on ISRU.) IMHO opinion, while each of them is a step in the right direction, to really get where we need to be, we need to take the best aspects of all three IMHO.
Quote from: Warren Platts on 06/09/2013 07:11 pmShould be able to pick more than one. E.g., a combination of Golden Spike (for affordable human precursor missions) ULA/ACES (because of their heavy landers, big 3rd stages, and passively cooled depots), and Spudis and Lavoie (because of the emphasis on ISRU.) IMHO opinion, while each of them is a step in the right direction, to really get where we need to be, we need to take the best aspects of all three IMHO.Yes, for sure!!! my point too!!! ...but the poll writer specified it has to be a published plan So get writing
Well, of course the best architecture is the Platts Whipple Crater Gold Mine architecture. Am writing it up as we speak!
Well, of course the best architecture is the Platts Whipple Crater Gold Mine early ISRU and we all get rich architecture. Am writing it up as we speak!
Quote from: Warren Platts on 06/10/2013 12:49 amWell, of course the best architecture is the Platts Whipple Crater Gold Mine architecture. Am writing it up as we speak! Cool! Can't wait to see it! Sounds like the perfect vehicle for an NSF article.