All right, so after some of the original Apollo astronauts complained bitterly about those serious cutbacks in the space program, Obama has revised the plan.
Here's the update with the specifics:
On to Mars: Obama Declares, 'I Expect to See It' - ABC News
So, yes, I suppose we will get to Mars in the 2030s, probably long after many of us are no longer among the living, or are too old to appreciate it.
So the president says "step by step we will push the boundaries," but they are strictly baby steps. We're still going to use the very fundamental technologies — rockets — that were in vogue in the mid-20th century. Is there no better or faster way to achieve space flight to far-off destinations?
Is there a real-life counterpart of Star Trek's Zefram Cochrane, the eccentric scientist who created warp drive? Maybe there's someone in a test laboratory somewhere who will figure out a better way, or maybe, just maybe, the government and private industry should fund research to take space travel into the 21st century.
But I'm not holding out much hope any of this will come to pass in my lifetime.
Here's the update with the specifics:
On to Mars: Obama Declares, 'I Expect to See It' - ABC News
So, yes, I suppose we will get to Mars in the 2030s, probably long after many of us are no longer among the living, or are too old to appreciate it.
So the president says "step by step we will push the boundaries," but they are strictly baby steps. We're still going to use the very fundamental technologies — rockets — that were in vogue in the mid-20th century. Is there no better or faster way to achieve space flight to far-off destinations?
Is there a real-life counterpart of Star Trek's Zefram Cochrane, the eccentric scientist who created warp drive? Maybe there's someone in a test laboratory somewhere who will figure out a better way, or maybe, just maybe, the government and private industry should fund research to take space travel into the 21st century.
But I'm not holding out much hope any of this will come to pass in my lifetime.