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Orbinaut
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Hi,
So I read via yahoo news, that on the website called Verge, there are rumours, or speculation that funding for the station may change, and not last beyond some believed a few years back to 2028. The 2019 budget is due early next month. Should be interesting. https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/24/1...t-request-2025 The following day, the Astronaut senator Mr Nelson had this to say. https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/25/1...e-station-2025 Last edited by Richfromengland; 01-26-2018 at 02:41 PM. Reason: Added Senator Nelson's statement link |
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Orbinaut
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https://www.nasa.gov/budget
Well the budget has been published. Lightfoot's address, has shown an ambitious outlook for low Earth orbit, as well as the Moon. Clearly, Mars will be a good while into the future, as Aldrin's book was more dedicated to getting there within a time frame that now is focused on the Moon. The first space launch flight would appear to be 2020, and not 19. A personnel mission to the Moon in 2023. I doubt that is landing. The end of funds for the station by 2025, as a first part of the lunar station is launched into orbit. Last edited by Richfromengland; 02-12-2018 at 06:41 PM. Reason: Added fact. |
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Orbinaut
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Ah..well yeah, during when I watched it, I was thinking some of this needs to get the senate's approval. The whole thing does, but yes, you are correct. But what is for sure is, no mission to Mars.
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To be completely honest, there's no real pressure to go to the Moon right now, let alone Mars. We're not racing the Chinese to get to Mars like we were racing the Soviets to reach the Moon. |
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Orbinaut
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Besides... Elon is more likely to do it by then anyway
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The fate of WFIRST is more annoying IMHO than the expected not-happening of a Mars mission.
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Orbinaut
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I'm not unhappy about that budget, it seems good enough. It would seem other missions may need to be added into a future budget, like Europa.
But yes, Mars simply because the previous government had stated a mission with twenty years. And in Trump's first year, it still looked like that. Aldrin has been publicizing Mars for the past five years since his book was written back then, some of his book has now just turned fictional. It is only an idea until it happens or a dream. But yeah, two months ago that was ended. And this budget proposal confirms that. The next budget will probably include, some early funding for a lander construction. |
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The lunar space station actually makes sense.
It's the step forward regarding ISS, and still within what ESA and Russia can do. Apollo also used the Command Module as a lunar space station.... so it's logical to follow up on that. Can't go to Mars until we can live outside Earth (radiation protection, some sort of artificial gravity, isolation, etc). So that needs to be done first on Lunar orbit. |
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