Making Space Work - Two Missing Pieces
09/22/03 00:00:00
By Michael Mealling
In “Ad Astra Wihout NASA,” Winds of Change.NET said:
bq. “This coming decade has the potential to be the most exciting time in the history of human space travel since the 1970s - maybe ever. All the pieces are there….”
Well, not quite. In fact, there are 2 major pieces missing, and they're affecting America's military as well as its civilian space program. One is cheaper launch technologies. The other is a space industry that doesn't have to depend solely on NASA and other central-planning agencies. This follow-up post examine those missing pieces, offering analysis and links that will bring you up to speed - and maybe, just maybe, change the way you think about our next steps to space.
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