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Topic: President of MarsSociety before US Senate
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Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 10-30-2003 03:53 PM
   
What are Your toughts on this ? http://www.marssociety.com/
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Danno
Member Posts: 572
From: Ridgecrest, CA - USA
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 10-30-2003 04:12 PM
Dr Zubrin has a really good plan. If you haven't read it, "The Case For Mars" it is a really good read on how to get to Mars really inexpensively.Even though it had nothing to do with taking beer to the red planet I was impressed. Danno |
ALAIN
Member Posts: 355
From: GENT, Belgium
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 11-03-2003 08:04 AM
Well for those NOT willing to go through complete text ... Here's the summary;""Instead of spending $17 billion to develop a gold-plated Orbital Space Plane that won't take us anywhere, Congress should ppropriate
$60 million to fund two COMPETING teams to spend six months developing cost-limited plans for humans to Mars within ten years."" |
Danno
Member Posts: 572
From: Ridgecrest, CA - USA
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 11-04-2003 12:12 PM
Apparently, Dr Zubrin was well received:Virtually all the questioning from the Senators following the four
panelists remarks were either directed to Zubrin, or to the other
panelists to request comment on Zubrin's remarks. All the assembled
Senators asked for autographed copies of "The Case for Mars," and
Admiral Gehman took one as well. Senator Brownback (R-KS), chairman
of the Space Subcommittee within the Commerce Committee, talked to
Zubrin for some time after the hearing, and expressed a desire to
hear more about Mars Direct in further hearings that could be held
within his subcommittee in the near future. Following the hearing, Zubrin traveled across town and met with a
representative of the Executive branch who is currently engaged in a
focused deliberation on determining a new direction for the US space
program. The Executive branch representative had seen Zubrin's Senate
testimony that morning over the TV, and was very impressed, keeping
the Mars Society president in his office for over an hour, asking
many questions, and finally taking eight copies of "The Case for
Mars" to distribute among very high ranking personnel within the Bush
administration. The conclusion that Zubrin obtained from both administration and
Senate staffers was that there clearly is a move going on RIGHT NOW
for determining a new destination-driven policy that will take NASA's
astronautics beyond LEO. The question is what that destination will
be. It is imperative that all Mars Society members join in this
debate. Write your congressmen, Senators, and President Bush
immediately and tell them America's space program must adopt humans
to Mars as its goal. Then set up a meeting with your Congressman in
his or her home office and explain why in person.
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BLACKARROW
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posted 11-04-2003 07:57 PM
Mars as a goal? ABSOLUTELY!! But - and this is the crucial bit- if the goal is Mars, I just wonder whether I will see it happen in my life-time (I'm 48). There has been speculation that the immediate goal beyond low-Earth orbit will be a resumption of lunar landings. I hope so! Going back to the Moon first will sufficiently fire the imagination of a whole new generation to provide the impetus for the next step - on to Mars. To put it simply, if NASA decides to go straight to Mars, I'm not sure I'll be around long enough to see it happen. My personal ambition in space is to see live coverage of the 13th set of footprints on the Moon (with several Apollo Moon-walkers providing TV commentary!) | |
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