Quote: The Trump administration is considering shifting NASA's focus toward "the large-scale economic development of space," according to Politico.

The new vision for NASA would pit "old space" stalwarts such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin against "new space" upstarts such as SpaceX and Blue Origin, in a race to jump-start a new space economy, Politico reported today (Feb. 9), citing internal Trump administration documents.

These spaceflight companies would compete to mount a variety of missions, including bold journeys to the moon.

"The more ambitious administration vision could include new moon landings that 'see private American astronauts, on private spaceships, circling the moon by 2020; and private lunar landers staking out de facto 'property rights' for America on the moon, by 2020 as well,' according to a summary of an 'agency action plan' that the [Trump] trasition [team] drew up for NASA late last month," Politico wrote.

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Would create a space race.

But then how do we figure out why Muslims hate us?

In other space related news NASA finally has made a computer chip able to withstand the temperatures of Venus, so frickin cool.

(02-09-2017 05:35 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  But then how do we figure out why Muslims hate us?

This would be an exciting development. I hope he follows through.

First the rovers. Then the colony. Then a great big wall around the perimeter. Then the resource mining. Many years later, historians will begrudgingly admit that he did indeed make the galaxy pay for it all

Just watched a NOVA special where they estimated that small, easily captured local asteroids can have up to
1,000,000,000,000 = one trillion worth of valuable metals and water (water to be used to make more rocket fuel)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/aster...msday.html

My plan when I get on the moon:

(02-09-2017 06:14 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Just watched a NOVA special where they estimated that small, easily captured local asteroids can have up to
1,000,000,000,000 = one trillion worth of valuable metals and water (water to be used to make more rocket fuel)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/aster...msday.html

That sounds really dangerous.

I'd need to see what the planned expected ROI is for this before being overly thrilled.

(02-09-2017 06:17 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  My plan when I get on the moon:

Where the girls?

Proof that Trump and his supporters really are Martians.

(02-09-2017 06:22 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  Proof that Trump and his supporters really are Martians.

You read my CIA post right?

(02-09-2017 06:19 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  That sounds really dangerous.

Nonsense, just bring in space miners!

(02-09-2017 06:17 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  My plan when I get on the moon:

We're only going to drink Carlsberg on the moon if the Danes pay us for the product placement

(02-09-2017 06:20 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(02-09-2017 06:17 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  My plan when I get on the moon:

Where the girls?

Sunbathing!

(02-09-2017 06:17 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  My plan when I get on the moon:

Ah yes, peace, tranquility, and a trash free area. It must mean the libturds havent made it there yet.