From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Fri Feb 14 2003 - 09:52:30 MST
In a message dated 2/14/2003 10:37:59 AM Central Standard Time,
humania@t-online.de writes: The same seems to apply to the Apollo programm of
the NASA with the Saturn V rocket as a contemporary Cheop's pyramid. The time
window for building such roaring vehicles seems to be shut already, leaving
the window for space migration ajar for only a tiny amount of years in the
late 1960's and 1970's.Gott fears that the efforts for space migration of the
human race will cease with each passing year and that Saturn V. has already
become a modern myth, an admirable piece of architecture, but never to be
built again, being useless like the pyramids.
Humania,
I wonder if that is true. It does seem to be true that governments,
or at least ours, for the moment cannot pursue the dream of space travel.
It is not clear that the motivation for the government couldn't be
revived if some other country started to challenge us.
In addition about 5 years ago I saw the numbers on the total
international speeding on space. The numbers were very impressive. The
problem is that I haven't found a similar report since then. Can anyone help
me? Based on those numbers I felt that if private industry's space efforts
were climbing at that rate I really didn't care if the government was
involved or not.
Ron h.
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