Emory Stagmer

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• Commented on Should Congress Design the Next Big Booster?

  -Is this a good precedent for Congress to follow in specifying the technical details of a new launch system? NO FRAKKIN WAY should congress dictate these kinds of details! -If not, then how can Congress be persuaded to let the...

• Commented on Plan C For Outer Space

  So where does this leave us in terms of Earth Orbit Rendezvous and Assembly (EOR/A) of which I know you are a big proponent (Dennis)? I'm quite convinced - heck for the money we've already spend on ARES V design...

• Commented on Heavy Lift Launch System and Propulsion Technology RFI

  Just build the Sea Dragon. 550 metric tons to LEO! That's 1.2 MILLION lbs, 3x the proposed Ares V. If you want heavy lift, do it big. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Dragon_(rocket) Follow me on Twitter @VAXHeadroom...

• Commented on Worrying About Who Gets Back First

  JFK WAS WRONG. Our congressional reps - and Admin Bolden - continue to get it wrong too. It's NOT ABOUT PREEMINENCE. JFK, in recorded conversations revealed somewhat recently, and contrary to his public speeches, believed that Apollo's greatest legacy would...

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

  Absolutely correct Frank! Capability will breed missions, you don't need a mission first. "Build it and they will come" works PERFECTLY for space! Highly suggested reading: "To the End of the Solar System" by James Dewar on the history of...

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

  Real Education requires two things: structure and inspiration. The Dept of Ed provides the structure, but does nothing to inspire students to become the kind of scientists and engineers and researchers of which the country is in such desperate need....

• Commented on Live Webcast From The Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project

  I'm really thrilled your doing this, the LOIRP is a terrific project! I'm totally miffed I can't watch it live, here's hoping it will be recorded and put on the net somewhere....

• Commented on New FAA Regs for Commercial Reentry

  Can anybody give us a summary in plain language as to the implications of this? The jargonese here is pretty impenetrable. Eschew Obfuscation!!...

• Commented on Beyond Augustine

  Way to go Dennis, bang on as always! FYI: I've proposed a Lunar Landing PAD challenge to NASA for a new challenge - robotically sintered lunar simulant fused into a landing pad. Tested with NGLLC winner's rockets. Kind of the...

• Commented on Analyzing LCROSS' Plume

  You bet we are :) Nice of the article to throw a bone to the NG satellite team (I was the Flight Software Lead), seems like the avionics always get a back seat to the science. Tony and crew are...

• Commented on LCROSS Did Leave A Plume After All

  I'll confess the flight ops team was just a tad deflated too, although the avionics and flight software (I was the Flight Software Lead) worked perfectly so we were VERY happy about that! We were immediately like "Where is it?"...

• Commented on 2009 Regolith Excavation Challenge Has Three Winners

  I, too, was VERY disappointed not to have any live video of this event. I think the next challenge should be a Lunar Landing Pad robotic event - have them level an area, fuse it into a solid, and then...

• Commented on Going To Mars - To Stay

  The Russians have had this on their books for a decade and I for one wouldn't put it past them. The US could do this, except, probably, for public opinion. But given sufficient ADVANCE infrastructure it could be done. Food...