Good luck Curiosity.
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Good luck Curiosity.
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Going to be a long 81/2 months waiting for it to land. Can`t wait.
Going to be a long 81/2 months waiting for it to land. Can`t wait.
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From: The Big, Oregon
The US space program is a hollow shell of what it once was. I think that the end of the cold war really ended motivation to be out there, but there should have been something in the nearly 20 years between the last moon landing and then.
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I'm hoping that all goes well -- this stuff is really hard.
The US space effort may be down and battered, but NASA still has plenty of accompllishments to brag about ( the political leadership on the other hand...).
When you think about the NASA and Apollo program, it was pretty incredible that it worked. It lasted through 3 presidents and the Vietnam 'conflict'. And they were nice enough to do the first landing on my birthday
. I couldn't believe that they got it done.
Also, I think it was, in some respects, it was a little like the Doolittle raid. An incredible effort, with technology that was just barely adequate.
Maybe someday we will get to Mars - I probably won't see it. Seems that humans are a little incompatible with space travel. Space station astronauts have trouble with fingernails pulling out, loss of bone density (so I've heard), and vision issues. I understand that they use glasses with adjustable focus. That's without the heavy duty cosmic rays -- so it may be a while.
I'm just glad to live in the era when this is happening. Go Curiosity!
hj
The US space effort may be down and battered, but NASA still has plenty of accompllishments to brag about ( the political leadership on the other hand...).
When you think about the NASA and Apollo program, it was pretty incredible that it worked. It lasted through 3 presidents and the Vietnam 'conflict'. And they were nice enough to do the first landing on my birthday
. I couldn't believe that they got it done.Also, I think it was, in some respects, it was a little like the Doolittle raid. An incredible effort, with technology that was just barely adequate.
Maybe someday we will get to Mars - I probably won't see it. Seems that humans are a little incompatible with space travel. Space station astronauts have trouble with fingernails pulling out, loss of bone density (so I've heard), and vision issues. I understand that they use glasses with adjustable focus. That's without the heavy duty cosmic rays -- so it may be a while.
I'm just glad to live in the era when this is happening. Go Curiosity!
hj
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