khallow - 2/4/2007 9:29 PMI think we won't have anything resembling current day NASA in a 100 years. My take is that in 50 years, we'll have a substantial space presence. NASA will turn out to be inadequate at that point. For example, we'll need sophisticated traffic control (and maybe orbital cleanup), some sort of space-based law enforcement and perhaps emergency services, and various legal issues (over property, externalities, etc). I don't think NASA can keep up with that. And I'm ignoring technological improvements. Materials improvements might enable a space elevator, for example.I figure the components will be split up around 2050 into more sensible bureaucracies.
Gary - 3/4/2007 6:23 AMQuotekhallow - 2/4/2007 9:29 PMI think we won't have anything resembling current day NASA in a 100 years. My take is that in 50 years, we'll have a substantial space presence. NASA will turn out to be inadequate at that point. For example, we'll need sophisticated traffic control (and maybe orbital cleanup), some sort of space-based law enforcement and perhaps emergency services, and various legal issues (over property, externalities, etc). I don't think NASA can keep up with that. And I'm ignoring technological improvements. Materials improvements might enable a space elevator, for example.I figure the components will be split up around 2050 into more sensible bureaucracies.Didn't Werner Von Braun say the same thing in the 1960's?
Gary - 2/4/2007 4:15 PMQuotepaulhbell07 - 2/4/2007 10:14 AMSorry guy's, but according to Star Trek we will have a 3rd world war about 2050 and man will have warp drive around 2060. Then mankind will rejoyce in a new found friendship with the vulcans. From there who knows.Sorry, just a bit of fun. Well not the war bit (nasty).Actually warp drive is in 2068 and world war three was supposed to kick off around 1996 - Guess we missed it! :laugh:
paulhbell07 - 2/4/2007 10:14 AMSorry guy's, but according to Star Trek we will have a 3rd world war about 2050 and man will have warp drive around 2060. Then mankind will rejoyce in a new found friendship with the vulcans. From there who knows.Sorry, just a bit of fun. Well not the war bit (nasty).
hornet - 6/4/2007 2:52 PMWarp Drive April 5, 2063 http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/specials/article/5155.html
Andy USA - 6/4/2007 9:21 PMQuotehornet - 6/4/2007 2:52 PMWarp Drive April 5, 2063 http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/specials/article/5155.html Delayed to 2080 by budget cuts due to the war with Canada.