tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post6139557324967815389..comments2024-03-21T08:00:48.696-07:00Comments on No Shortage of Dreams: The Collins Task Force Says Aim for Mars (1987)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-60352649130095890042015-09-28T07:06:11.050-07:002015-09-28T07:06:11.050-07:00Ben:
Narcissism? Possibly. I think there was real...Ben:<br /><br />Narcissism? Possibly. I think there was real fear involved in the early days, and by the time that faded to manageable proportions NASA and Apollo had developed their own momentum. <br /><br />If you look at the Ride Report, it's all about "leadership." U.S. space leadership all across the board is assumed. But Ride cuts through the nonsense and notes, quite David S. F. Portreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818906581595028816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-24959737807165186062015-09-28T05:42:02.701-07:002015-09-28T05:42:02.701-07:00Thanks David,
I sometimes wonder if space travel i...Thanks David,<br />I sometimes wonder if space travel is merely an extension of American narcissism. I mean, remove the United States from the space exploration scenario after 1945, and what's the result? <br /><br />Who's going to the Moon? Who's incentivizing the Soviets to compete? Basically Americans were scared and insulted by Sputnik and from 1957 to 1970 we pretty much had to Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17639020344662007725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-82628194285464291172015-09-25T21:02:54.927-07:002015-09-25T21:02:54.927-07:00Ben:
This post is not so nuts-and-bolts, it's...Ben:<br /><br />This post is not so nuts-and-bolts, it's more policy, which means it probably won't excite many people.<br /><br />The Collins Group didn't specify what would happen after Americans reached Mars. Ride had in mind several expeditions following a split-sprint profile (I'll be posting on that soon).<br /><br />Split-sprint includes a short stay at Mars - about three David S. F. Portreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818906581595028816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-79877624451819637472015-09-25T08:54:39.711-07:002015-09-25T08:54:39.711-07:00Hi David,
From your studies, do you have any sense...Hi David,<br />From your studies, do you have any sense of what was envisioned post-1st-boots-on-Mars? Seems to me the Mars concept is modeled after Apollo - make a couple trips for posterity, then be a bit lost for some decades.<br /><br />The US has been pursuing space almost whimsically. Since Kennedy/Johnson and maybe Reagan, it seems our ability to articulate specific rationale for space Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17639020344662007725noreply@blogger.com