tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323714887398544512.post7245357325815393769..comments2023-11-03T01:31:15.528-07:00Comments on Astronaut Leroy Chiao's Blog: Farewell, 2008Leroy Chiaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826755971524702129noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323714887398544512.post-14610170475559554862009-01-09T14:55:00.000-08:002009-01-09T14:55:00.000-08:00Latest buzz is that former NASA Astronaut Charles ...Latest buzz is that former NASA Astronaut Charles Bolden will replace Griffen.<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_F._Bolden,_Jr.Space Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07211787239794732090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323714887398544512.post-30888610696639080722009-01-02T16:58:00.000-08:002009-01-02T16:58:00.000-08:00I think that maybe, in just a few years, we are go...I think that maybe, in just a few years, we are gonna see another space race. I hope the current crisis will make people see how the few resources we have in earth can be managed to achieve a better advantage over overpopulation, contamination, famine and things like that & if that is not the case, call me crazy, but actual space exploration is going to be necesary if we dont wanna die in this planet(or destroy it) and im talking about colonizing the moon & mars.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for my bad grammar, but english it's not my native language.<BR/><BR/>I hope you have a great 2009 =]José Luis Puentehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04390748579088810955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323714887398544512.post-70818096911631544742008-12-31T11:09:00.000-08:002008-12-31T11:09:00.000-08:00I think NASA is also in line for a big change. Wit...I think NASA is also in line for a big change. With the economic recession looming, the public are going to start to look more closely at where it's money is going. Money that was designated for a rocket could be much better spent helping people pay off their mortgages. I think NASA is due for less budget, & better management of it's existing budget.<BR/><BR/>Is the space program really a priority in today's modern world, with the ISS already nearing completion, & therefore providing more than enough research opportunities in space? I can see NASA getting enough funding for it's AresI + Orion capsule, but it's plans to return to the moon & build a moonbase will be harder to convince people of the need for?<BR/>And if that is the case, then why bother with the Orion capsule at all, when the budget for the ISS runs out in 2017 anyway? Would it not be better just to hitch a ride on the Soyuz until then?<BR/><BR/>I don't know what the new direction for NASA will be, but one thing is certain, it will have to have purpose, not just for spaceflight itself, but something for people on Earth to benefit from now.<BR/>Maybe NASA will become the new leader in robotic missions to other planets to gather data on other planets to help better understand our own? Or maybe it's new direction will become to monitor Earth from space to document changes in our environment?<BR/><BR/>These are all question that will be asked, but that NASA doesn't currently want to answer. And I don't think Barack Obama will not just roll over & give NASA anything they ask for.<BR/>Questions are going to have to be answered.Space Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07211787239794732090noreply@blogger.com