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• Commented on Is A Human Space Flight Compromise Emerging?

  :-O The "International Space Ship" !! We'll put together a modular spaceship, and go explore cis-lunar space together! This could work....

• Commented on NASA and the future of space exploration: what do YOU think?

  So fatalistic... It's just a delay, adjusted for available budgets....

• Commented on NASA and the future of space exploration: what do YOU think?

  One more: Repeat Bolden's great line about there being six flags on the moon, all of them American. Congress needs to know that a Chinese flag on the Moon is no big deal....

• Commented on NASA and the future of space exploration: what do YOU think?

  Hi Miles, I've really enjoyed watching "This Week in Space" and I hope you can find adequate funds to continue the show. Two points: 1. Securing America's leadership in the development of the solar system can best be accomplished by...

• Commented on Public-private Partnership Honeymoon Coming?

  Spot on. "Engaging in another government-driven spending battle, this time with the Chinese, will do nothing more than show that America has missed the point." The only way to end, once and for all, the arguments about the purposefulness of...

• Commented on Space Commerce: Back To The Future

  akear: We're putting our eggs into several private baskets. Constellation wasn't going to avoid the gap, so just get used to it. There's going to be a gap... so what!...

• Commented on Huntsville Strikes Back

  Haha, perfect image. The SpaceX and Orbital Rebel Alliance must and will defeat the Empire's (NASA's) bureaucratic internal design, Ares and Constellation! Too bad Alabama, it's nothing personal....

• Commented on Where Next?

  Akear, what? The new space plan is far more focused on innovation than before. It's funny, I thought Paul's article was a good justification for the New Plan. VSE was NOT SUSTAINABLE, and had the BS soft power / cold-war...

• Commented on Constellation Year in Review Video

  I LOLd when he said "monitoring of controlability and aerodynamics" while showing the Ares IX seperation where the two stages are pointing every which way but up, hahaa. BUT, we're a bunch of cynics here. This type of video is...

• Commented on NASA Watch is now on Kindle

  That's neat. FYI, Keith, Nasawatch doesn't render correctly on iPhone browser. The Nasawatch logo at top renders far off to the right....

• Commented on Today's Video: HiRISE Images 18 November 2009

  [Profanity deleted] , yes. :) Yes yes, I like this. This is good. I want to see much much more enthusiasm in this vein for Mars. Metalhead engineers unite and light this candle! Nose to the grindstone and make it...

• Commented on C3PO at NASA

  Definitely a bit silly... but why the heck not! I like it....

• Commented on 2009 Regolith Excavation Challenge Has Three Winners

  That's not a picture of the 1st place winner. Here are some: http://twitpic.com/photos/paulsrobotics And then some better ones, once you know which vehicle to look for, here: http://jf2.smugmug.com/Other/091017-Regolith-Media/9994036_ZGy5Y#685334797_pd2Tm Really crappy publicity on this event. Hah, although I suppose digging up...

• Commented on Bigelow to Bolden on Commerical Crew and Cargo

  Cool, thanks for reposting....

• Commented on Bigelow to Bolden on Commerical Crew and Cargo

  Gah! This commentary is only for paid subscribers......

• Commented on Norm Is About To Deliver

  Any indication of whether the Augustine report is being updated to appear to be less of a "fcking mess?" The HSF commission seemed to make it a point that they weren't going to overtly suggest any actions but rather just...

• Commented on (Still) Waiting For Norm [Update]

  Yeah, at this point the only mystery remaining is what the President will say. Is Spaceref associated with spacedaily.com at all? Those guys really need a website overhaul.... or at least have the courtesy to include links to the previous...