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CaptainCrunch · 02-24-2011, 04:59 PM

Its too bad because the Shuttle program was suppossed to lead to the cheaper exploration of space, instead we moved into a more exploitation of space.

I'm sure we all envisioned launching manned missions from space and eventual bases on the moon.

but the shuttle program really shifted mankind away from at least looking beyond our own planet.

I remember that they were talking about the next steps to Mars in the 70's, now we're not talking about it anymore, and NASA's been gutted.

And I get that we can't get to the speed of light, but is that really the goal right now, or is the goal to find a way to lay human eyes and human feet beyond the earth and the moon?

02-24-2011, 04:59 PM	#20
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	Its too bad because the Shuttle program was suppossed to lead to the cheaper exploration of space, instead we moved into a more exploitation of space. I'm sure we all envisioned launching manned missions from space and eventual bases on the moon. but the shuttle program really shifted mankind away from at least looking beyond our own planet. I remember that they were talking about the next steps to Mars in the 70's, now we're not talking about it anymore, and NASA's been gutted. And I get that we can't get to the speed of light, but is that really the goal right now, or is the goal to find a way to lay human eyes and human feet beyond the earth and the moon? __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!